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Dementia Awareness Month
We have a great learning module up for download about cognition and driving. It has questions and answers to complete. To get the whole module, enter your details below and we'll...
Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week 2017
It's spinal cord injury awareness week, and the theme is "I Can." The theme asks people to challenge what they think they know about the lives of people living with spinal cord...
Visual inattention and driving
What Is Visual Inattention And Can You Drive? The brain works in mysterious ways One of the hardest things to do after a brain injury such as a stroke is to regain enough...
Driving with a prosthetic arm
Is it possible to drive a car with a prosthetic arm? Recently at Williams Occupational Therapy we have seen an increase in referrals from doctors and case managers asking...
City v Country. Where should a driver assessment be completed?
This month Brad Williams was on the road visiting a new client. The client had been involved in a motor vehicle accident and had suffered spinal fractures at C2/3 and was needing...
Is driving a pain in the …? 5 tips to reduce back pain
Back Pain and Driving When you have back pain, I mean a really, REALLY sore back, just about everything hurts. Even sitting down can be painful. Mix that with driving and it can...
May Q and A call – NDIS and driver assessments
Did You Miss Our May Community conference call? NDIS and driver assessments On May 11th 2017, Williams OT held our monthly community conference call and discussed the NDIS. But...
Are you elligble for NDIS funding for a Driver assessment?
NDIS and Driver assessments What is the NDIS? It is likely that many of you have heard the term ‘NDIS’ or its proper name, the National Disability Insurance Scheme. From the...
Ageing, mobility and driverless cars – emerging trends for older drivers – part 4
This month, and the final in our series on "Emerging Trends for older drivers", we have had some guest blog writers come on board. Williams OT invited Dr Mandy Stanley and Dr...
Staying on the road -Emerging Trends for older drivers – part 3
Helping you stay safe while staying on road Recognising when to seek further action and driving behaviour warning signs One of our main priorities in life is staying on...
Are you annoyed? Did you miss our conference call?
Did You Miss Our February Community conference call? On Feb 3rd 2017, Williams OT held Community conference call. Every month, Brad Williams, Director and founder of Williams...
Emerging trends for older drivers – Part 2 – Alternative Transport Options
2017 is here already and Williams Occupational Therapy has a lot of exciting things in store for this year. Our primary goals for the New Year, however, is to continue to...
De-mystifying the new ‘Assessing Fitness to Drive’ Guidelines
October 1, 2016, marked the revised edition of ‘Assessing Fitness to Drive” Guidelines – a much awaited joint publication of the National Transport Commission (NTC) and...
Emerging trends for older drivers: our take on the latest research
Over the next couple of months, with family catching up with elderly parents, Williams OT is going to have a focus on older drivers and road users. We will discuss over the...
5 highlights from the 2016 OT Driving Forum
2016 Driving Forum On the 11th of November 2016, Occupational Therapy Australia held a driving forum in NSW. It was a great day where we got free giveaways like pens, stress...
Who won the 2016 Williams OT Innovative Service delivery award?
Williams Occupational Therapy sponsors the Occupational Therapy Australia SA Division Innovative Service delivery award. The award is announced in OT week each year. The...
How did Williams OT get started?
Williams OT has been established since 2011, but do you want to know how it all got started? Brad Williams, Director of Williams OT, was asked to provide a talk to first year...
When is an early referral too early?
This month we are continuing our series on upper limb issues and driving and talking about the benefit of an early referral. This month we move on to discuss a case story,...
