The Mobility Service aims to support individuals to return to driving or to continue driving in safety and will help you identify the most suitable type of vehicle controls and vehicle access systems for your needs.
If you travel as a passenger and need to remain in your wheelchair The Wales Mobility and Driving Assessment Service will be able to offer advice and guidance regarding the equipment and vehicle features essential to your needs.
The Wales Mobility & Driving Assessment Service is a registered charity and receives additional funding from The Welsh Government. The Charity operates across Wales, with The North Wales Centre being based at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Denbighshire. The team at The Wales Mobility & Driving Assessment Service have extensive experience of helping drivers and passengers remain safely mobile and will be able to help you achieve a safe long-term mobility solution.
If you experience a progressively changing medical condition it is essential to undertake regular review of your driving to ensure you have the most suitable form of vehicle controls for your safe and comfortable driving.
During a driving assessment we can review your current physical abilities as a driver and explore the wide range of vehicle control options available to you to ensure you have the most appropriate, easy to use and safe driving controls available.
With advances in vehicle technology it is becoming increasingly possible to remain safely driving, despite changes in strength levels or a reduction in your range of physical movement.
The team at The Wales Mobility & Driving Assessment Service will discuss all options available to you and then offer you an in-vehicle assessment using our extensive range of adapted vehicles.
During assessment we will help you to also consider your access needs into the vehicle and will explore the most suitable option to allow you to enter the vehicle and to stow your wheelchair, if applicable.
If you travel as a passenger we can help you consider the safest and easiest method of entering the vehicle, either whilst transferring onto a passenger seat or by remaining in your wheelchair whilst travelling. The Mobility Service has a wide range of equipment and vehicle types that can reduce or eliminate the physical effort involved during transfer into a vehicle.
The Mobility Service also provides a free information and advice service and can advise on a range of issues including DVLA, Motability, vehicle funding, driver tuition, vehicle adaptation and much more.
So, if you experience progressive changes to your physical ability we can help you monitor these changes and find solutions that allow you to continue driving safely and in comfort.
The Wales Mobility & Driving Assessment Service can be contacted on: Tel: 01745 584858 E mail at: mobilityinfo@btconnect.com. Further information is also available at:www.wmdas.co.uk In the next edition of One Voice Sanjay Vaja reports on his experience of the reassessment
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