Transport

Disability Driving School offers professional driver assessments and tailored lessons for people living with disabilities or brain injury across Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Wollongong, and surrounding areas.

They provide a range of modified, dual-controlled vehicles tailored to the needs and safety of each driver.

For a free discussion about your needs and a personalised assessment, you can call 0411 727 233 or email bill@disabilitydrivingschool.com.au

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Bungree Aboriginal Association provides a wide range of culturally informed, high-impact services to both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people across multiple regions in New South Wales. These services include housing, disability, transport, and health services.

If your child has a disability permit and there is limited street parking on your street, you can contact your local council and discuss having a disabled spot added in front of your house. You will then be able to park here with your child’s disability permit.

Mobility and Accessibility for Children provides a national information resource about the safe transportation of children with disability.

TripView creates trip plans for metro, train, bus, ferry, light rail and coach services. It will list all timetabled services with real-time data, including accessibility information for services.

A guideline on safe car travel: children and teenagers with disability, medical conditions or other needs.

A guideline on Family travel and children with disability, autism or other additional needs.

Special Needs Transport provides transport for eligible students between their school and home. You can check your eligibility through their website.

The Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme (IPTAAS), provides financial assistance towards travel and accommodation costs when you need to travel more than 100km one way or 200km within a week for specialised medical treatment that is not available locally.

The NSW Companion Card program is for people with significant and permanent disability who have a lifelong need for a high level of care to participate in community events and activities.

If your child has a disability permit and there is limited street parking on your street, you can contact
your local council and discuss having a disabled spot added in front of your house. You will then be able to park here with your child’s disability permit.

If you receive the Commonwealth Carer Allowance you may be eligible for a refund on some of the vehicle tax paid when registering a vehicle.

The Qantas Carer Concession Card is issued to people with significant support requirements who through a physical, sensory, intellectual, cognitive, or psychosocial disability are unable to travel on the aircraft without the full-time assistance of a carer.

The taxi transport subsidy scheme (TTSS) supports NSW residents who are unable to use public transport because of a severe and permanent disability. If you’re eligible, you could receive a subsidy of 50% of a taxi fare, up to a maximum subsidy of $60 and only pay the remaining fare.