Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) is a rare neurodegenerative disease with progressive course and poor
expected outcomes. Therefore, rehabilitation remains the principal form of management especially
in advanced disease. Impairment-based rehabilitation through multidisciplinary care approach has
proven benefits for functional improvement in individuals with advancing SCA. This concept is
based on comprehensive assessments of individualised impairments and functional limitations while
exploring contributing environmental and personal factors affecting the person as a whole. From this
assessment, individualised rehabilitation goals can be formulated through a multidisciplinary care
approach. Neurologists, rehabilitation physicians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech
and language pathologists are key individuals involved in the multidisciplinary care for individuals
with SCA rehabilitation. Two cases of individuals at different stages of SCA are presented to highlight
the rehabilitation approach in providing focused interventions based on individualised impairments
through multidisciplinary care. These cases emphasise the importance of understanding the needs
of each individuals with SCA so that the rehabilitative therapies prescribed can be tailored to the
functional achievements desired.