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Learning to drive

NAS85414

Good Afternoon everyone,

My 16 year old son has autism and he can't stop talking about learning to drive.  He isn't very good at multitasking and is not very good at meeting new people.  Are there any parents who have had to deal with this situation and know of what help is out there for him, to succeed in learning to drive.

Many Thanks

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  • Autism makes some aspects of driving harder I think, but overall I found it easy, and passed my test on the first attempt.

    At one point early in my training the instructor overloaded me with "tough love" so I just channeled my annoyance constructively, and quietly parked us, got out, and said "YOU drive the F***Ing car, then". Subsequent lessons seemed to go much better...

    You have a 16 year old son, who has it tougher than most, but is perfectly capable of doing more than 90% of the tasks anyone else can do, and because of his Autism he will do some tasks to a very high standard indeed.

    If you want to help him succeed in life, then: Don't expect him to fail.

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  • Autism makes some aspects of driving harder I think, but overall I found it easy, and passed my test on the first attempt.

    At one point early in my training the instructor overloaded me with "tough love" so I just channeled my annoyance constructively, and quietly parked us, got out, and said "YOU drive the F***Ing car, then". Subsequent lessons seemed to go much better...

    You have a 16 year old son, who has it tougher than most, but is perfectly capable of doing more than 90% of the tasks anyone else can do, and because of his Autism he will do some tasks to a very high standard indeed.

    If you want to help him succeed in life, then: Don't expect him to fail.

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