OT Specialized Services For All The Ways We Drive.
Explore the journey of driving confidence. Discover how we can help you pave the way towards independence. Unleash your unique potential on the road.
Your journey matters; let’s make it extraordinary!
New Drivers
New drivers sometimes need a little more individualized support and an instructor who better understands their unique strengths and challenges.
Impulsivity
Slowed Processing
Decision-Making
Distractibility
Autism
ADHD/ADD
Anxiety and Fear
Special Learning Needs
Adaptive Driving
Physical limitations, whether congenital or acquired, can require specialized vehicle adaptations to remove the barriers to independent driving. Adaptive equipment is also available for vision challenges.
Muscle Weakness (Stroke, MS..)
Spina Bifida
Shortened Stature
Visual Impairments
Cerebral Palsy
Amputation
Spinal/Brain Injury
Neuropathy
Safety and liability concerns can make it challenging to determine readiness to return to driving and/or adaptive equipment needs following an acute injury or illness.
Stroke or Heart Attack
Spinal/Brain Injury
Long COVID/”Brain Fog”
PTSD
Acute Illness & Injury
Newly acquired visual impairment
Lengthy hospital/rehab stay
Amputation
Neuropathy
Progressive Diagnosis
A comprehensive driving evaluation is recommended following the identification of any progressive diagnosis that will likely impact driving skills. We will gather a baseline measurement of your present driving skills and make a plan to reduce your risks while working to maintain your driving freedom as long as possible.
Outcomes may include training for increased defensive driving practices, identification of routes/times of day that decrease risk, speed limits that better match your speed of processing/reactions, discussing and trialing adaptive equipment that may support improved vehicle control, and recommendations and resources for planning and deciding when it’s time for driving retirement.
Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, or Alzheimer’s.
Neuro-muscular conditions: Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, MS, MD, ALS, Neuropathy, Etc.
Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma, and other vision loss.
