This is one of the few areas where I allowed compensation to take place. Tying a tie right now would require me to be able to hold my bad left hand close to my neck, not possible due to tricep spasticity. My fingers will not stay open unless I am laying them on a table. I have no individual finger movement yet. 3 strikes and you are out. I don't wear ties very often, last time at a funeral and my best friends wife tied it for me. I have a couple of great ties back in storage in Minneapolis. M.C. Escher and Looney Tunes, both from my daughter. These ties look exactly like regular ties, the tail is essentially a zipper than separates at the knot to create a loop for your head. You pull the tail down and the zipper joins shortening the loop to snug it around your neck. Two hands are almost needed to accomplish that but I use my spastic bad hand to clamp onto the tail and pull it down.
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