The purpose of this paper is to explore how people with upper limb disabilities suffered from thalidomide tablet adapt to physical environments and carry on independent lifestyle in Sweden. I obtained 9 persons through EX-Center as subjects and had interviews with them. The contents of interviews were as following; personal data, life histories including training in their childhood, housing history to grasp their backgrounds, present conditions of adaptations at home, behaviors of daily activities at home. Analyzing their each behaviors, their characteristic measures for independence were classified in 3 types. The first type is to manage some behaviors with their feet, instead of hands. The second one is to introduce technical aid system to make housing environments to adapt to their physical conditions. The third one is to introduce personal support services. It becomes clear that use of above-mentioned measures were affected by their experiences, surviving their life histories.