Today’s question comes from a wonderful OT in Louisville Kentucky. She’s interested in adding a driving simulator to her OT clinic. Her patient population focuses on concussion, closed head injury and other neurological conditions.

In this episode we discuss the pros/cons/ considerations of driving with 2 feet, as a solution, after a right lower extremity impairment.

In this episode I share with you my three best tips when working with an individual who needs a left foot accelerator.

In this episode we discuss the features of the model acts that make an ideal for a manual wheelchair user who’s looking to drive and add in either a rear passenger seat lift or trunk robotic arm lift.

In this episode we explore the pros and cons of owning a Tesla as part of our driver rehabilitation vehicle fleet. I share special features that I like and my application of adaptive equipment.

An OT who has completed Adaptive Mobility part one and part two education may submit their certificate of completion along with their application for DRP. Once they pass the required ethics and best practice quiz, they may be awarded DRP by ADED. It is important that you investigate this information thoroughly, I recommend exploring aded.net.

In this episode learn about a helpful resource that you can use to help guide your clinical reasoning and decision making skills for an individual’s driving needs based on their medical diagnosis.

In this episode I start a tackle the question on how you can sell your program by giving you 3 tips to get you started.

In this episode we explore some considerations when picking your driving rehab vehicle. We talk about what to think about with regards to the vehicle as well as to Adaptive Equipment.

In this episode we take a moment to explore how to approach the question if someone can practice driving prior to their driving evaluation.