Everyday life is full of tasks designed for two hands. Cutting food. Opening a jar. Tying shoes. Buttoning clothes. Washing dishes. Using a computer.

For children and adults with hemiparesis or hemiplegia after hemispherectomy, hemispherotomy, or other brain surgery, these everyday tasks may require a different approach.

The good news is that there are a lot of clever tools that can help.

We created a comprehensive list of more than 120 adaptive gadgets and products for one-handed living. Some are specifically designed as adaptive equipment. Others are ordinary products that happen to solve a one-handed problem really well. Each item includes a brief explanation of how it can help someone who primarily uses one hand, along with a link to a product or example.