Multi Purpose Taxi Program exemptions

Members of the Multi Purpose Taxi Program who suffer any of the following conditions to a severe and permanent extent (as determined by their doctor) which denies them independent access to any form of Public Transport are exempt from an annual subsidy cap.

Blindness (visual impairment) determined by a registered specialist ophthalmologist	Legally blind (defined as a visual acuity of less than 6/60 with best corrected vision and both eyes open, or a visual field of less than 5 degrees of central vision, or central vision loss of greater than 10 degrees) Aphakia Kerataconus Macular degeneration Night blindness Retinal degeneration Retinitus pigmentosa Tunnel vision Uschers syndrome Homonymous Hemianopia
Brain damage	Acquired Brain Injury ( ABI) Alcoholism Aneurysm Anoxic myoclonus Cerebellar artery insufficiency Cerebellar ataxia Cerebral atrophy Cerebral embolus Cerebral haemorrhage Cerebral infarct Cerebral ischaemia Cerebral thrombosis Cerebro Vascular Insufficiency Cerebrovascular accident Cognitive impairment Drop attacks Encephalitis Encephalopathy Hydrocephalus Korsakoff’s psychosis Lennox-Gastaut syndrome Microcephaly Moya-Moya disease Myalgic encephalomyelitis Olivoponto cerebellar degeneration Parietal lobe infarct Porto-systemic encephalopathy Rett’s syndrome Rupture of Aneurysms Stroke Subdural haemorrhage Transient ischaemic attacks Tuberous sclerosis Vertebrobasilar insufficiency Vertebrobasilar ischaemia
Dementia	Alzheimer’s disease Jacob-Creutzfeld disease Multi-infarct dementia Niemann Pick's Disease - Type C
Intellectual impairment	Autism Cri Du Chat syndrome Down’s syndrome Hyperactivity (Attention Deficit Disorder/ADD/ADHD) Intellectual handicap Mental retardation Niemann Pick's Disease Phenylketonuria (PKU) Prader William syndrome Rubenstein-Taybi syndrome Touretts syndrome Turner’s syndrome William’s syndrome
Major organ disorder (condition that requires ongoing and regular treatment) with functional disability only	Ascites (abdominal) Cirrhosis of the liver Hepatic disease Liver failure Polycystic kidneys Renal failure (severe) Pancreatitis Kidney Failure
Paralysis (expressive dysphrasia)	Hemiparesis Hemiplegia Paralysis Paraplegic Paresis Quadraplegic Spastic paraparesis
Wheelchair user