Responses from experienced readers provided some more great stylus suggestions:
Cosmonaut Stylus
Leann T. commented that she loves the Cosmonaut: Wide-Grip Stylus for Capacitive Touch Screens
Information from websites indicates the Cosmonaut is made to feel like a dry erase marker. It has a rubber grip that is easy to hold for young and old.
More MacGyver Stylus Solutions
Another McGyvering a bulb gripped stylus solution from Robin C.:
“I have a suggestion that might work the same way as the bulb grip that you are looking for. I have made my own ball style grips that would probably work on a regular stylus. The ball is made out of a hollow hard plastic golf ball (mine are bright orange) from the dollar store. I make a small hole in one side of the ball with a sharp phillips head screwdriver or knife and push a pencil/pen into the hole to make it a tight fit. I do the same thing to the other side of the ball. I have been using these grips with students with low tone/poor grips for years – they work really great! ( FYI – there would not be a conductivity issue, as I use a variety of grips with a stylus).”
Here is another attempt at MacGyvering a stylus using a new moldable material called Sugru Air-curing Rubber – 8 x 5g of mini packs with a mixture of Multicolors
recommended by Kathleen Allgood. Here is an inexpensive Cosmo Stylus that I adapted with this moldable, adaptable material called Sugru:
Sugru Air-curing Rubber – 8 x 5g of mini packs with a mixture of Multicolors
is an incredible moldable material that cures within hours and withstands temperature variations and sticks to almost anything. It comes in packets in a variety of different colors or by single colors.
More tool ideas for your OT iTool Kit!
Carol
OT's with Apps & Technology 
I’m 32 have spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy, I got an ipad2 about a month ago. My fine motor function is affected, but I do have the ability to hold a pencil, drive my powerchair, button a shirt etc. I have been using a telescoping stylus from Stylus R Us called the Big Screen Jr. It’s great, it requires no pressure to use. It has also been used successfully by a student with severe cerebral palsy who wears a hand splint and has no fine motor function.
C Campbell,
Thank you for sharing your expertise with the stylus- nothing better than from experienced users. I am familiar with Stylus R Us but it has been a while. I will look forward to seeing what the Big Screen Jr looks like!
Thank you for your valuable time and valuable comments!
Time to check out Stylus R Us….
Carol
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