About Total Ability
About Us
Our passion is to enable people with disability to safely achieve their Love to Drive!
To do that, we are committed to providing you with the latest, most reliable, highest quality and safe automotive driving aids and hand controls in Australia and New Zealand.
We also provide the best solutions that help you transfer in and out of a vehicle, as well as products that can easily stow your equipment, whether that's a wheelchair, mobility scooter or something else.
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Our Story
Following a spinal cord injury in 2006, Australian Paul Crake had married his Italian fiancé, Daniela, and was living in Italy.
Daniela researched how she could help Paul get back to driving and came across Fadiel Italiana and their category-leading Satellite Accelerator.
Paul took to driving again with his newly installed equipment and got a new lease on life and was amazed by the positive effect regaining his independence had on his mental well-being.
After the couple returned to Australia, Paul found the driving equipment here wasn’t anywhere near as advanced as the system he had been using in Italy ... and a new business idea formed.
Paul and Daniela founded Total Ability with the unwavering commitment of bringing only the very best driving controls, vehicle access and equipment stowage solutions to Australia and New Zealand.
Paul and Daniela’s first priority was to bring Fadiel Italiana’s range of equipment to Australia and New Zealand.
In Fadiel owner Fabio Domeneghini, they found a kindred spirit, someone with a shared passion for excellence and driving innovation.
Fabio and the Fadiel Italiana story had started towards the end of the 1970s.
Fabio, then a young and gifted engineer at Venice’s Marco Polo Airport, was determined to find an elegant solution to an ongoing issue: how to quickly and safely transfer people in wheelchairs on to airplanes. His response was to design and build a folding platform that could be applied to various situations at the airport and provide easy access.
This lit a fire in Fabio for finding other solutions to common problems, and the success of his platform gave him the confidence to follow a new career helping people with disability using his innovative engineering and design skills.
He quit his job at the airport to start his own company which he called Fadiel Italiana: FAbbrica (Factory) DIspositivi (Devices) ELettroidraulici (Electrohydraulic).
Fabio’s first ‘product’ was a car clutch that someone could operate with their hand. He combined the clutch control with the gear lever, adding a switch to the usual gear lever head. The larger knob required had a distinct look that gave birth to a new name: the so-called ‘duck’ clutch was born.
Fadiel Italiana is renowned for their innovative product development and in-house quality manufacturing. Their website can be viewed at https://www.fadiel.com/
As Total Ability established its reputation for excellence over the years, the company added to its portfolio, whilst steadfastly keeping true to the ethos of introducing class-leading equipment and services for people with disabilities in Australia and New Zealand.
In recent years the company has established a Sydney-based installation centre to modify vehicles, developing expertise that can then be shared with the installers it supplies equipment to around Australia and New Zealand.
The latest addition to its portfolio of imported equipment is the Joysteer 3.0® system developed by Bozzio AG in Switzerland.
The equipment is specifically designed to provide even more assistance than standard driving controls used by people with disability and is technically complex to ensure that they can drive as safely and with the same control as others.
Joysteer® has expanded the range of equipment options available without compromising quality.
Originating from Switzerland’s Bern University of Applied Sciences, Bozzio AG was founded in 2005, specialising in drive-by-wire solutions for people with disabilities and industrial applications.
Their flagship product, Joysteer®, allows individuals with severe physical disabilities to drive independently using customisable joysticks or mini wheels with active force feedback for safe, intuitive control.
Bozzio AG has develped this equipment in collaboration with partners like the Swiss Paraplegic Centre, and the equipment has received the seal of approval from TÜV (Technical Inspection Association), a group of independent German and Austrian companies that test and certify products and systems for safety and quality.
Founded in 1866, TÜV ensures that equipment like Joysteer® system meets strict safety and regulatory standards through rigorous inspections. Their globally recognized certifications, such as those for vehicles and medical devices, confirm reliability and compliance, giving you confidence in our products.
Featured Product: Fadiel Satellite Accelerator
Gain - or regain - your 'Love to Drive' with Total Ability
Total Ability knows first-hand through lived experience how important driving is for people with disabilities or limited mobility.
Our passion is to enable as many people as possible to gain, regain or maintain their freedom and independence through driving, and to make it a safe and enjoyable experience – whether that’s with the equipment we distribute or something else.
To make that happen, we work in collaboration with Driver Trained OTs and Specialised Driving Instructors to assist you through the process of getting your licence and learning to drive with modifications.
We’ve also developed help manuals like our Complete Guide to Driving with Disability that takes you through the step-by-step process, explaining what to expect on the driving journey. Download the free Guide to gain more information.
We have a network of Installers who have been trained to fit our products into your vehicle. If you are in Sydney, we also have our own installation workshop in Artarmon.
Our consulting room is available to Driver Trained OTs for their off-road assessments with clients in private.
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