Development and Current Status of Occupational Therapy Driver Assessment and Rehabilitation in Victoria, Australia

This article reports on a study of driver assessment practices in Victoria, Australia. Based on similar work done in the United States in 1985, the study reports on work of the Driving for the Disabled Committee, formed within the Victorian Association of Occupational Therapists. The author comments on the role of driving as a valuable activity undertaken by most members of a community. Participating in driving may be challenged by congenital disabilities; accident or injury resulting in physical, cognitive/perceptual or sensory disabilities; psychiatric disorders or drug use; or factors associated with aging such as deteriorating vision. The author notes that 3,300 driver assessments are undertaken annually by occupational therapy driver assessors in Victoria, with subsequent reporting (as of 2003). The author comments on the twenty years that have passed since the occupational specialty area of driver assessment was developed in Melbourne, Victoria.

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• Authors:
  • Unsworth, Carolyn A
• Publication Date: 2007-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 153-156
• Serial:
  • Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
  • Volume: 54
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
  • ISSN: 0045-0766
  • EISSN: 1440-1630

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile drivers; Automobile driving; Driving tests; Evaluation and assessment; Persons with disabilities; Psychological aspects
• Uncontrolled Terms: Occupational therapy
• Geographic Terms: Melbourne (Australia); Victoria (Australia)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01089230
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 27 2008 8:58AM