title: Driving for adults with acquired physical disabilities.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to document and give context to consensus statements for drivers with physical disabilities, and specifically chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, by expert clinicians in driver rehabilitation and researchers in the area of driver assessment. A brief introduction to the profession of driver rehabilitation sets the context for how individuals with physically based impairments have facilitated the development of the specialty area.
authors.affiliation: 1Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital, Schenectady, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stressel
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hegberg
authors.forename: Anne E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Dickerson
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D001334:Automobile Driving; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications; D012449:Safety