Adrian O'Malley and his daughter were ready to leave Sydney's international airport after coming home from a holiday in April when the taxi driver took their luggage out of the boot and left them at the kerb.

Mr O'Malley, who lives with half-blindness in both eyes and has not been able to legally drive since having a stroke 19 years ago, says the driver told him he didn't have to accept his subsidised taxi card as payment.

The payment, called the Taxi Transport Subsidy Scheme (TTSS), covers 50 per cent of the fare to the value of $60 using a smart card or paper voucher.

"When the scheme works well, it works well," Mr O'Malley told 702 ABC Radio Sydney.

" When it doesn't, it works terribly. It means people with disability experience refusal of service, they receive abuse, they get kick

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