Drive-ABLE Podcast

Today, we're talking about the process of regaining your licence following a C5 spinal cord injury with Trent Rothall - who has been through an extreme process to gain independence in driving again.

We're talking about driving a van from his wheelchair, high level controls and much much more! Trent is going to help us unpack the process for those in a similar situation, but also for the modifiers and OTs out there who need to know more.

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If you've got any questions about driving with a disability or vehicle modifications, email us at [email protected]

In this episode, we're talking about what things can we consider about manual wheelchairs when you want to drive a car with Sean Bragg of Permobil.

Permobil puts the people who use our products first. Their purpose is to innovate for individuals; to create advanced assistive solutions that make the lives of people living with disabilities more enriching. Their dedicated teams work tirelessly to make this happen, no matter if they are designing a new wheelchair, testing seating cushions, or supporting a therapist. 

And today we are utilising this knowledge and dedication to ask about manual wheelchairs

To know more about Permobil, check out https://www.permobil.com/

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If you've got any questions about driving with a disability or vehicle modifications, email us at [email protected]

In this episode, we're talking about driving with modifications with Eric Russell.

Eric is an Australian Paralympic athlete, coach, and administrator with a big interest in cars!

If you haven’t heard about Eric, lets just list off a few achievements:

1976 Paralympic Games:

* Gold Medal Men's Discus 3

* Gold Medal Men's Pentathlon 3

* Gold Medal Men's Shot Put 3

* Silver Medal Men's Javelin 3

1980 Summer Paralympics

* Gold Medal Men's Shot Put 3

* Bronze Medal Men's Pentathlon 3

* Bronze Medal Men's Discus Throw 3

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If you've got any questions about driving with a disability or vehicle modifications, email us at [email protected]

Episode 60: Ali & Brad's Top 3 Takeaways for 2022

In this special episode, Ali & Brad deep dives into all of the memorable episodes this 2022.

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If you've got any questions about driving with a disability or vehicle modifications, email us at [email protected]

In this episode, Brad talks with Peter White who is the founder of the Make Me Mobile Charity.

The Make Me Mobile Charity vision is to raise money so we can fund wheelchair accessible vehicles for NDIS clients in Australia that need one but don't have the financial resources to purchase their own. So I cant wait to get stuck in and talk about something bigger than mods and controls. This is a great initiative because the NDIS has parameters and guidelines to meet for vehicle mods and not everyone with a disability can afford a car that meets these requirements. This is going to be a good one.

To make a donation or simply know more about the Make Me Mobile Charity, click here https://www.makememobile.org/

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If you've got any questions about driving with a disability or vehicle modifications, email us at [email protected]

In this episode, we explore the recent RehaCare 2022, held in Germany, which the most significant and largest trade fair for all mobility and rehabilitation needs featuring the biggest and latest brands from all over the world!

Find out about the latest and state of the art technology when it comes to vehicle modifications and mobility.

To watch the full DriveAble Podcast Episode on Youtube, click here: https://youtu.be/Tp6Bn4aWtdk

Watch the separate video of Ali Akbarian's RehaCare 2022 trip here: https://youtu.be/wdvRYPUaAUM

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If you've got any questions about driving with a disability or vehicle modifications, email us at [email protected]

In this episode, we're talking with Kerry Lee - who has just upgraded her car with various modifications and she's going to explain how cool and fun, along with the struggles of driving when you have no arms.

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In this episode, we're talking about the progression of Multiple Sclerosis and Driving - from driving from your wheelchair with hand controls. So we're talking with Christine Umapathysivam who has held multiple key positions as an advisor. She also has previously worked for the MS Society and is now the CEO of Cystic Fibrosis in South Australia.

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Today we're talking about transfers for a growing child with a disability with Paul Koehler. His son Daniel has a disability where he is partially mobile, but is a growing boy and is getting heavier and heavier. They went through quite a process to convince NDIS the need for the modifications that they ended up having installed. We are going to unpack that in this episode.

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If you've got any questions about driving with a disability or vehicle modifications, email us at [email protected]

Amazing episode where we're talking about safe driving and the Get Home Safe Foundation with Darren Davis, the President of the foundation.

The Get Home Safe Foundation has been created for the purpose of developing, producing, delivering and supporting road safety initiatives. Super great episode because we are going to talk about something bigger than mods and controls and impacts on all drivers.

To know more about the Get Home Safe Foundation, check out their website here: https://www.gethomesafefoundation.org/

The Get Home Safe Foundation is a non-profit organisation and if you want to support the foundation and its community, you can read more about it here: https://www.gethomesafefoundation.org/how-to-support-us

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If you've got any questions about driving with a disability or vehicle modifications, email us at [email protected]