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Advice for drivers, families, and health professionals navigating driving with a medical condition

Lower limbs affected by peripheral neuropathy

QLD

Numb Feet or Weak Legs: Can You Still Feel the Pedals?

Cannot feel the pedals properly? How numb feet or weak legs affect driving, what an OT checks, and what may help you drive safely.

Woman driving with a stiff neck

QLD

Cannot Turn Your Head to Check Your Blind Spot? Driving With a Stiff Neck

Cannot turn your head to check a blind spot? What helps, what an OT looks at, and when limited neck movement matters for your licence.

Woman driving after an orthopaedic surgery

QLD

Driving After a Hip or Knee Replacement: Who Decides When You Are Ready?

When can you drive after a hip or knee replacement? Who decides, what driving asks of your legs, and when an OT check may help.

Man driving a vehicle while visibly tired

QLD

Tired Since Your Stroke or Brain Injury? How Fatigue Affects Driving

Tired since your stroke or brain injury? How fatigue can affect your driving, what we watch on the road, and what may help you stay safe.

QLD

Can Your Medicines Affect Your Driving? What to Ask Before You Get Behind the Wheel

Can prescribed or over-the-counter medicines affect your driving? What to watch for, who to ask, and when an OT driving assessment may help.

A learner plate on a car

QLD

Learning to Drive with Autism on the Gold Coast: Where to Start

Thinking about learning to drive with autism on the Gold Coast? Learn how an OT driving assessment works and what comes before the first lesson.

A person sitting in the passenger seat of a parked car in a quiet street, hands in lap, looking out the windscreen.

QLD

Nervous About Driving Again? What to Do When Your Confidence Has Gone

Nervous about driving again after illness, injury or time away? Learn what to check first, when a refresher is enough, and when an OT can help.

A car interior showing a left-foot accelerator fitted.

QLD

Driving After a Leg Amputation in Queensland

Can you drive after a leg amputation in Queensland? Learn how vehicle modifications, prostheses and an OT driving assessment work.

A pair of hands gripping a steering wheel, shot over the shoulder, no face.

QLD

Driving with Arthritis or Stiff Joints in Queensland: What Helps and When to Get Checked

Pain or stiff joints making driving harder in Queensland? Learn what matters for driving, what may help, and when an OT assessment is worth it.

A person at a kitchen table reading a letter, hands and face visible

QLD

Transport and Main Roads Has Written to You About Your Licence. What Now?

TMR has written about your licence for medical reasons? Learn what the letter means, what you can do, and where an OT driving assessment fits.

A person and their doctor talking across a desk, seen from behind or in profile.

QLD

Has Your Doctor Suggested an OT Driving Assessment? What It Means and What Happens Next

Has your doctor suggested an OT driving assessment? Learn why, who decides what happens, and what to expect next in Queensland.

A GP desk with a form on a clipboard and a pen, no readable personal details.

QLD

Your Doctor Has Given You a Medical Certificate for Drivers. What Happens Next?

Got a Medical Certificate for Drivers (F3712) in Queensland? Learn what it does, where it goes and what an OT driving assessment adds.

Lower limbs affected by peripheral neuropathy

QLD

Numb Feet or Weak Legs: Can You Still Feel the Pedals?

Cannot feel the pedals properly? How numb feet or weak legs affect driving, what an OT checks, and what may help you drive safely.

Woman driving with a stiff neck

QLD

Cannot Turn Your Head to Check Your Blind Spot? Driving With a Stiff Neck

Cannot turn your head to check a blind spot? What helps, what an OT looks at, and when limited neck movement matters for your licence.

Woman driving after an orthopaedic surgery

QLD

Driving After a Hip or Knee Replacement: Who Decides When You Are Ready?

When can you drive after a hip or knee replacement? Who decides, what driving asks of your legs, and when an OT check may help.

Man driving a vehicle while visibly tired

QLD

Tired Since Your Stroke or Brain Injury? How Fatigue Affects Driving

Tired since your stroke or brain injury? How fatigue can affect your driving, what we watch on the road, and what may help you stay safe.

QLD

Can Your Medicines Affect Your Driving? What to Ask Before You Get Behind the Wheel

Can prescribed or over-the-counter medicines affect your driving? What to watch for, who to ask, and when an OT driving assessment may help.

A learner plate on a car

QLD

Learning to Drive with Autism on the Gold Coast: Where to Start

Thinking about learning to drive with autism on the Gold Coast? Learn how an OT driving assessment works and what comes before the first lesson.

A person sitting in the passenger seat of a parked car in a quiet street, hands in lap, looking out the windscreen.

QLD

Nervous About Driving Again? What to Do When Your Confidence Has Gone

Nervous about driving again after illness, injury or time away? Learn what to check first, when a refresher is enough, and when an OT can help.

A car interior showing a left-foot accelerator fitted.

QLD

Driving After a Leg Amputation in Queensland

Can you drive after a leg amputation in Queensland? Learn how vehicle modifications, prostheses and an OT driving assessment work.

A pair of hands gripping a steering wheel, shot over the shoulder, no face.

QLD

Driving with Arthritis or Stiff Joints in Queensland: What Helps and When to Get Checked

Pain or stiff joints making driving harder in Queensland? Learn what matters for driving, what may help, and when an OT assessment is worth it.

A person at a kitchen table reading a letter, hands and face visible

QLD

Transport and Main Roads Has Written to You About Your Licence. What Now?

TMR has written about your licence for medical reasons? Learn what the letter means, what you can do, and where an OT driving assessment fits.

A person and their doctor talking across a desk, seen from behind or in profile.

QLD

Has Your Doctor Suggested an OT Driving Assessment? What It Means and What Happens Next

Has your doctor suggested an OT driving assessment? Learn why, who decides what happens, and what to expect next in Queensland.

A GP desk with a form on a clipboard and a pen, no readable personal details.

QLD

Your Doctor Has Given You a Medical Certificate for Drivers. What Happens Next?

Got a Medical Certificate for Drivers (F3712) in Queensland? Learn what it does, where it goes and what an OT driving assessment adds.

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