The following paper describes a number of solutions for activities of daily living created by stroke patients in order to achieve independence in certain tasks. We interviewed 48 stroke patients in clinics and their private homes and found that many of them come up with their own personal assistive devices made at home or adapt existing objects to serve yet another function. We believe that by researching into these persons' habits designers not only gain new insights about what it is to actually live with disabilities but also new ideas for new products and approaches to designing better assistive devices.
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Barros et al. (2009) studied this question.