ADI Disability Training
Disability Awareness Training for Driving Instructors is something which many instructors are interested in either because of personal disabilities, or because they feel that they would like the skills to offer training to a wider and more interesting customer base.
Queen Elizabeth Foundation run courses for driving instructors to teach disabled people to drive. They also hold a full list of driving instructors who have received this training. The Banstead course from QEF has long been the industry standard, with the major driving schools sending many of their ADIs there.
Teaching People with Disabilities to Drive. (for Driving Instructors)
They also provide an excellent information pack for teaching deaf learners:
ADI information pack for teaching deaf learners.
There are a couple more useful downloads about teaching deaf customers:
Teaching Deaf People to Drive - the standard text for UK instructors.
Teaching Deaf Customers to Drive - this one is useful though most of the information is aimed at an American market.
The ADI Federation have several members who are extremely highly qualified in teaching people with disabilities to drive.
Mobility Centres have a lot of information on driving with disabilities and some are now offering courses for Driving Instructors. They also have links for local providers of vehicle adaptions for disabled drivers.
The driving instructor forums also have many members who can offer advice on and experiences of teaching disabled people to drive. (2pass, ADIforum, Driver Training Today)
info@driver-training-courses.co.uk