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What is an Adaptive Driving Evaluation?

An adaptive driver evaluation is a specialized service designed for individuals who require unique modifications or adaptive equipment to drive safely due to various physical or neurological conditions. Our team focuses on assessing and accommodating individuals who need to adapt their driving techniques or vehicle setup to ensure they can operate a vehicle safely and effectively.

Who Should Consider an Adaptive Driver Evaluation?

This evaluation is particularly beneficial for individuals with conditions such as:

Physical Impairments

Any physical disability that affects one's ability to drive using standard vehicle controls.

Amputation

Loss of a limb or limbs which necessitates custom controls and techniques.

Neuropathy/Sensory Loss

Conditions affecting nerve function that can impair sensation and the ability to control a vehicle safely.

Spinal Cord Injury

Injuries that result in partial or complete loss of motor functions or sensation below the injury site.

Hemiparesis

Weakness on one side of the body, often a result of stroke or other brain injuries, affecting the ability to manage traditional vehicle controls.

Stroke

Brain damage caused by a stroke can lead to varied impairments in motor skills, cognition, or sensory abilities, necessitating tailored driving solutions.

Chronic Pain

Ongoing pain that can interfere with the consistency and safety of driving movements.

Neck and Back Impairments

Issues that limit mobility or cause pain during driving.

Anxiety

Psychological conditions that might affect driving abilities, requiring specific strategies to manage stress while driving.

What Does the Evaluation Involve?

Our adaptive driver evaluation includes the following steps:

Why is it Important?

An adaptive driver evaluation is crucial for ensuring that individuals with specific medical conditions or impairments can continue to drive or begin driving safely. It allows for greater independence and mobility, improving quality of life by enabling access to work, social activities, and everyday tasks. This evaluation also ensures that each individual’s unique needs are met with customized solutions that prioritize safety for both the driver and the broader community.

By conducting a thorough adaptive driver evaluation, we can create a driving plan that considers all aspects of an individual’s condition and lifestyle, helping them maintain their independence while ensuring they operate vehicles safely under their specific circumstances.

Adaptive Driver Training Program

After conducting a thorough adaptive driver evaluation, our program may recommend additional training to help individuals safely and effectively use specialized driving aids and techniques. This training is essential for anyone who needs to adapt to new driving methods due to physical impairments, medical conditions, or the use of newly installed vehicle modifications.
Interested in finding out more about the steps to Adaptive Driving?

Training Areas Include:

Why is Adaptive Driver Training Important?

Adaptive driver training is crucial for ensuring that drivers who use specialized controls or have physical limitations can drive safely and confidently. This training not only helps individuals adapt to their modifications but also ensures they can respond correctly under different traffic conditions and emergencies.

Our Approach to Training

Our training sessions are conducted in a controlled and supportive environment by certified driving rehabilitation professionals. We use a step-by-step approach that allows drivers to gradually build up their proficiency with the new equipment and techniques. Each training session is tailored to the specific needs and abilities of the driver, ensuring that they receive the most effective instruction based on their unique circumstances. The training focuses on the individual’s specific goals and driving reports are generated for each session.

By completing our adaptive driver training, individuals will gain the skills and confidence needed to maintain their independence and mobility, while ensuring the safety of themselves and others on the road.

Process and Registration

Interested in getting started with Adaptable Therapy?

Steps to getting started:
  1. Give us a call to discuss your driving needs and questions.
  2. Let us help you with obtaining an order from your physician.
  3. We will meet you on the day of the appointment at your home or one of our community settings.
  4. A Clinical Evaluation and Behind the Wheel Assessment will be completed on the day of your appointment in our rehab vehicle.
  5. At the end we will review the results and work together to develop a plan to move forward toward your mobility goals.
  6. Following your visit the report will be sent to your physician and identified care team as needed. The results will be reviewed to assist with determining fitness to drive and next steps. Some recommendations may include additional training sessions and/or adaptive equipment for the vehicle.
Get Started today by completing our Online Interest Form

Referral and Scheduling

To enroll in our program, you will need a prescription from your physician for “OT/PT Driving Evaluation and Training”. We will assist you in getting this order from your doctor. You will also need a valid driver’s license or learner’s permit. Please visit our Frequently Asked Questions below for more information.

Frequently Asked Questions

Our driver rehabilitation professionals are experienced occupational and/or physical therapists with advanced training in driving rehabilitation. Our therapists are credentialed by the Association of Driving Rehab Specialists. We provide driving evaluations to determine safe goals for travel.

Why choose us?

  • We are with you every step of the way to help you feel safe & confident behind the driver’s seat.
  • We meet you at your home and work with you in your own community.
  • We help you find equipment to make driving easier.

Medical conditions can change the way we move, think, and see. If you show any of these changes or other characteristics, you may benefit from a driving evaluation with Adaptable Therapy Services:

  • Slower reaction time
  • Shorter attention span
  • Lagging reflexes
  • Stiff joints or weak muscles
  • Poor eyesight
  • Diminished night vision
  • Hearing problems
  • Reduced memory
  • Poor decision-making skills
  • Forgetfulness
  • Drowsiness or medication effects
  • Increase in accidents or near misses
  • Physical impairments
  • Recent major medical illnesses or events
  • Increased anxiety and agitation
  • Frequent falls

A driving evaluation is an evaluation of an individual’s driving. It includes 3 main steps.

Step 1: A review of clinical testing of sensation, vision, movement, & thinking.

Step 2: A behind-the-wheel assessment in our driving rehab vehicle.

Step 3: Discussion of outcomes.

At Adaptable Therapy Services payments for services is self-pay. Cost is based on a flat rate service fee and any travel fees. These costs will be reviewed with client and when possible alternative meeting locations or payment options will be presented.

We do not accept private insurance or Medicare. You may request a medical invoice to submit to your insurance on your own but there are no guarantee that any services would be covered.

Payment methods accepted are check, cash, debit and credit cards. We also accept Health Savings cards (HSA cards). For debit and credit cards there is a processing fee. All payment methods are subject to our cancellation policy.

When possible, we provide our clients with up-to-date resources for funding opportunities but it is up to clients to pursue these opportunities and there are no guarantees they will qualify for the grants and funds.

Our evaluations are intended to provide expert opinions of you or your loved one’s function. As part of determining fitness to drive our role is to also include your care team and physician to provide them with the most comprehensive review of your driving to help guide them in their recommendations.

If you may require adaptive equipment this relationship with your physician is necessary to allow them to submit paperwork on your behalf to the Department of Driver Services to add the necessary restriction codes to your license. This helps keep you safe on the road and current with your license.
Step 2 of the driving evaluation takes place in our driving rehab car. We use our car because it has special equipment for added safety. Don’t worry! We appreciate that driving someone else’s car requires adjustment. Therefore, the first thing we will do is give you time to get use to our car. Then, once you are ready, the evaluation will begin.
During step 3 of the driving evaluation, we will talk to you and your family member about your outcome. Your DRS will talk about patterns of safety or concern with driving. Outcomes may include return or continue driving, additional driving training, hold on driving with plans for re-evaluation, or driving retirement.
No, as specialists, we evaluate your performance with driving and any impact from illness or injury. We work with you, your family, and doctor to help make recommendations regarding fitness to drive and safe goals with driving. There may be times your report or recommendations need to be shared with the Department of Driver Services (DDS) but we will always inform you of this prior to submission. The department of driver services is the licensing agency that holds all authority for your driver’s license and they may perform a medical review of an individual’s fitness to drive.
Are you thinking you might need equipment for driving? We can help with that too! Our driver rehab professionals are skilled at identifying and training drivers to use a range of equipment including hand controls, left foot accelerator, and steering devices. Adaptive driving equipment training involves a comprehensive driving evaluation, individualized training, support for state’s relicensing process, equipment prescription, and fitting to ensure equipment works in your own vehicle.
You must have an appropriate driver’s license or permit in your possession while operating a motor vehicle in the State of Georgia. If stopped while driving, you must display your driver’s license/permit to any law enforcement officer upon his or her request. (From the 2023-2024 Georgia DDS Driver’s Manual) This license should include your driving restrictions labeled as “mechanical aids”, listed as restriction C.
Here at Adaptable Therapy we try to update and inform therapists and students on resources to increase access for their patients to community mobility. To learn more about the field of driver rehab visit, the website for the Association of Driving Rehab Specialists at www.aded.net

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