00:02The National Assessing Fitness to Drive publication contains a list of all the
00:07medical conditions which may impact a person's ability to drive safely. Now
00:12anyone with one of those medical conditions on the list is required to
00:15tell the state or territory which issues their license when either applying for a
00:19new one or a renewal. Now while that list is national what to do with that
00:24information is up to the issuing state or territory. Usually it requires someone
00:29to prove that they're able to drive safely through something like a medical
00:34certificate. Now included on that list since 2022 is autism spectrum disorder.
00:40Now Queensland man Casey Archbold who has autism said he was completely unaware of
00:46autism's inclusion until he read an ABC article in 2023. He says he's held a
00:51license for more than 30 years and he's never had any problems and he thinks that
00:56the inclusion of ASD is unjust and ableist and he's challenging that with the
01:01Queensland Human Rights Commission. Now the Queensland Department of Transport and
01:06Main Road says its inclusion of autism is just following guidelines but those
01:11guidelines were sort of equivocating when they were created in 2022 saying that
01:16autism is it's not clear how much it impacts a person's ability to drive and
01:21and noted that it's such a broad spectrum that including it in quite a narrow
01:25standard is perhaps not appropriate. Now the the national body which creates that
01:31list said it's always up for review and it will consult with the autistic
01:35community before a new list of medical conditions is released in early 2028.
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