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Learning to drive

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I really want to learn to drive but I have tried before and my social anxiety was too much to deal with. I don’t know what to do because I will not put myself through that again. My senco at college suggested a specialist driving instructor, but I cannot find any in my area. Learning to drive is also so expensive! I’m just so worried that I will never be able to drive, I really want to just be able to drive now!!! I don’t know what I can do about this and how I could possibly learn?? I also don’t know whether to learn in an automatic or manual?? Just too much for me and I don’t know what to do!!!

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  • I feel driving is too scary for me... one is going at a very high speed and has to process so much incoming information all at once very quickly. And since one is going so fast, accidents can be very dangerous. I feel the way Sheldon feels about driving. I've learned some skills in a parking lot, so I know the concepts and basic driving / parking, but it's very different on the road. So I think I've given up driving for now and I'm fine with just not being able to travel that easily. Maintaining a car can be quite expensive too. But if it's really something you want, just keep practicing and persevere. Some things do take a while to master (even some neurotypicals find learning to drive for the first time difficult). Look at your improvements over time, and be happy about every small improvement. Automatic is much easier than manual, so it would be a good start.

    There is some information on the NAS website about driving:

    https://www.autism.org.uk/about/family-life/everyday-life/driving.aspx

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  • I feel driving is too scary for me... one is going at a very high speed and has to process so much incoming information all at once very quickly. And since one is going so fast, accidents can be very dangerous. I feel the way Sheldon feels about driving. I've learned some skills in a parking lot, so I know the concepts and basic driving / parking, but it's very different on the road. So I think I've given up driving for now and I'm fine with just not being able to travel that easily. Maintaining a car can be quite expensive too. But if it's really something you want, just keep practicing and persevere. Some things do take a while to master (even some neurotypicals find learning to drive for the first time difficult). Look at your improvements over time, and be happy about every small improvement. Automatic is much easier than manual, so it would be a good start.

    There is some information on the NAS website about driving:

    https://www.autism.org.uk/about/family-life/everyday-life/driving.aspx

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