Tag: hand controls

A certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist (CDRS) is a Driver Rehabilitation Specialist (DRS) with additional training and certification.  A DRS generally has a health professional degree with additional training specific to driver evaluation and rehabilitation.  CDRS professionals are those DRS’S that have successfully passed a certification examination and regularly complete education in the field to maintain their credentials.  CDRS and DRS both offer specific assessment and instruction skills, experience, and understanding when it comes to those with physical, cognitive, and visual...

It starts with a phone call from someone having trouble driving – “sometimes I can’t be sure my foot is on the brake” or “sometimes I miss the brake pedal and I’m worried that I’m going to run into someone if I can’t stop the car. Is there something I can do?” We talk a little longer and I recommend that she stop by my office/shop to see what we can do to eliminate her concern caused by her reduced...

Just how important is it to have your equipment serviced on a regular basis?  It is very important, but not urgent – that is the problem. If your wheelchair lift,  power seat base or wheelchair accessible van is working, you don’t need service.  Right?  And, you have things to do.  The urgent things in life tend to get our attention, but the things that are important are seldom urgent, and the things that seem urgent are seldom important. Is it...

Most of us have heard the term “Helicopter Parents”. It is a fairly recent entry into the American lexicon. The term describes a parent who seems to “hover” over the child like a helicopter. Now you ask, what does this have to do with mobility, transportation or driving? And, no, I am not the inventor of a new wheelchair that can hover instead of rolling on wheels. The term “hover” reminds me of a driving technique that I learned from...