Driveability

DriveAbility LLC is an independently owned driver rehabilitation program. Evaluations are completed by a registered and NH licensed Occupational Therapist who is a NH Certified Driving Instructor and a Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist. DriveAbility is a NH licensed driving school. DriveAbility has vehicles with a wide range of adaptive driving equipment to meet the needs of most clients with physical deficits. Our staff have training specific to driver education and rehabilitation through national and local professional organizations.

Our program works with individuals of all ages and situations. Some examples include:

• Young adults with special learning needs due to a variety of diagnoses that would have difficulty in a traditional driver education class
  
• Experienced drivers who have experienced a medical change or a physical injury and want to return to driving
  
• Experienced drivers with a medical diagnosis that is progressive and need an evaluation to determine if they still have the ability to continue to drive
  
• Individuals who have not been successful getting a license due to anxiety
  
• Drivers who need adaptive driving equipment
  
• Senior drivers who have not had a medical decline or new diagnosis but pro-actively want to improve their skills and retain their independence
  
• New drivers who are having difficulty passing the NH DMV licensure examination and need additional 1:1 driver’s training

Young Adult Potential to Drive Evaluation

A comprehensive evaluation for un-licensed drivers who have developmental or congenial disabilities that may affect their ability. This evaluation will determine if someone has potential to learn to drive and what interventions are recommended to assist with that goal.  

This evaluation will include a clinical evaluation by a Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist who is also an Occupational Therapist. The evaluator has specific knowledge of these types of disabilities and has experience working with individuals who may need increased time, modified explanations and compensatory strategies. Visual, perceptual, cognitive, reaction time and physical skills needed for driving will be evaluated.

If appropriate based on the clinical evaluation, the second part of the evaluation occurs behind the wheel in our vehicle. It is not a requirement that the person being evaluated has ever driven before. This portion of the evaluation may not progress beyond a parking lot where basic operational skills are taught to see how areas identified in the clinical evaluation affect the person’s ability to learn to drive.

Following these parts of the evaluation, your evaluator will sit down with you and a family member to discuss your results and provide you with their recommendations related to your potential to learn to drive. These may include but are not limited to; delaying the goal of driving, other specialized interventions, pre-driving skill development, providing resources, specialized driver’s training, small group or 1:1 driver’s education and adaptive driving equipment.

Specialized Driver Training and/or Education

DriveAbility offers a modified, individualized approach to clients who have diagnoses that make a traditional method of obtaining a license difficult. DriveAbility also offers training for adaptive driving equipment.


Once potential to drive is determined, recommendations for new drivers working with our comprehensive driver rehabilitation program for training and education. DriveAbility’s instructors have completed specialized training specifically to work with inexperienced drivers with many diagnoses, including learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, autism and anxiety.