AT Connect: Transport Safety & AT with MACA

17 June 2025

12.00pm

LIVE via Zoom

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Join us as Helen Lindner from Mobility & Accessibility for Children and Adults (MACA) takes us through best-practice approaches to transport safety and AT for clients with disability.

MACA is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to improving vehicle transport safety and accessibility for children with disabilities and medical conditions. Although the full name includes “Children,” MACA's work increasingly informs accessibility solutions for adults too, especially in relation to specialised seating and transport needs.

MACA is a critical resource for OTs working with:

Complex seating and positioning needs
Vehicle travel risk assessments
NDIS-funded transport solutions and assistive technology
Ethical considerations around restraint and safety in private vehicles

What will the session cover?

National Product Register, a publicly available online database of specialised car seats and vehicle restraint systems that are suitable for children with disabilities and/or medical conditions who cannot be safely transported in standard car seats.

AuSAP, the Australian Safety Assessment Program. AuSAP is a national program established by MACA to provide independent safety assessments of specialised vehicle restraint products designed for children with disabilities and medical conditions. It's the first and only program of its kind in Australia.

How does this benefit me?

As an OT, you may be responsible for making or supporting complex clinical decisions about how a child with a disability is safely transported in a vehicle.

When standard car seats aren’t suitable, you need to:

Identify an appropriate alternative,
Ensure it’s safe and legal,
Justify it clinically and often through NDIS reporting.

This is where the National Product Register and AuSAP are game changers.

The key benefits to you as an OT attending this AT Connect session:

Evidence-informed decision-making: Supports clinical reasoning and documentation.
NDIS-aligned: Assists in preparing clear, justifiable funding requests and ensuring appropriate use of assistive technology.
Streamlined practice: Reduces the administrative burden of researching and comparing products manually.
Confidence and safety: Ensures OTs can recommend transport solutions that prioritise the child's safety and needs, even in complex or niche situations.

This session will be highly valuable for OTs working in paediatrics, assistive technology, complex seating, and anyone supporting transport planning under the NDIS.

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