Freedom Mobility Video Resource Centre
Broken your leg? Injured your Achilles? We’ve put together a range of videos to show you what a Hand Control vehicles is, how easy they are to learn to drive, and the difference they can make while you recover.
How a Hand-Control Car Brought Back Independence for Cherie
When living in a rural area, your vehicle is your lifeline. For Cherie, an unexpected injury threatened to sever that lifeline completely. See her full story here.
More FM's Lana Searle's Learns How To Drive her ACC Funded Hand Control Car
When More FM’s Lana Searle broke her ankle, she couldn’t drive for weeks. An ACC funded hand control car from Freedom Mobility, nicknamed “Ruth,” got her back behind the wheel. Read the full story here.
Two Ruptured Achilles. One driving solution.
Stranded by injury, Leana and Mark share how a hand control car helped them get their independence back.
Driving After an Achilles Injury - Matt's Story
Watch how Matt stayed mobile after his Achilles injury with a hand control rental car – an ACC funded option that saved time, money and hassle.
The Freedom Mobility Difference
Hear from previous customers the difference a Freedom Mobility Hand Control Vehicle can make in their recovery.
Driving after Leg Surgery
Check out how Sam kept active and independent in one of our hand-controlled cars during his recovery from leg surgery.
Hiring a Hand Control Vehicle through ACC
Take a look at Tamara’s story about hiring a hand control vehicle through ACC.
How to Drive a Hand Control Vehicle
Our senior driving instructor Frank Burksfield takes you through the basics of driving a hand control vehicle.
Getting a Driving Lesson with Freedom Mobility.
Find out from some of our recent clients what it was like to get a driving lesson from one of our experienced driving instructors.
Helping one of our own with recovery
A look inside a Hand Control Vehicle
Take a look at the different controls inside one of our hand control vehicles, with our driving instructor Sefa.
Driving After a Broken Ankle: An OT's Story
See how a hand control car helped Occupational Therapist, Laura Proctor, get back to work after breaking her Ankle.
