Getting around the Eurobodalla Shire is a financial battle for 20-year-old Tyson Martin.
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He says travelling to Moruya from his Sunshine Bay home costs about $100 for a round trip, and medical check-ups in Sydney cost hundreds.
To avoid these costs, Mr Martin wants his own wheelchair-accessible van, and has taken to social media to appeal for help.
He has set up a Facebook and a Go Fund Me fundraiser with a $40,000 goal and raised about $1200 since May 23.
"My family are not not in a financial position to afford this initial up-front cost upwards of $40,000," he said.
To travel anywhere, Tyson's father David, used to lift him from his electric wheelchair into their car and park the wheelchair on a trailer.
But now David, who is retired and Tyson's primary carer, is suffering from a heart condition and can't lift anymore.
"I could drop dead walking down the street right now," David said.
"It stressed him (Tyson) out. Whatever happens to me really stresses him."
I'm stuck at home unless I pay for a taxi.
- Tyson Martin
He fears his son can't be independent without a car.
Tyson had quadriplegic cerebral palsy with atonia and dystonia, "which means the muscles fight against one another and the bones and muscles don't grow at the same rate".
Tyson is studying a Certificate III in Community Services through TAFE Digital. His hobbies are IT, web design and blogging, and he hopes to find a job in this field.
The Taxi Support Subsidy Scheme would pay half his travel to his Moruya work placement, but Tyson said it would still cost hundreds each week.
David said Tyson tried to find a placement near Batemans Bay "but no one's prepared to give him a go".
"It does make me depressed," Tyson said. "I have to see a psychologist. I'm stuck at home unless I pay for a taxi.
"It would provide freedom for me to be flexible and independent on a daily basis to travel into the community with my carers driving me."
David said NDIS had let them down.
"(NDIS) has helped him in (that) he gets a little bit of travel money to get around town, it's helped him in the fact he gets to choose the careworkers that come in to work with him," David said.
"(But) there are a lot of things going on with this NDIS system that are just ... they need to go back to the drawing board."
