RE: teen drivers

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I started late but am a perfectly good driver. I have been in one minor accident (fender bender) and 1 speeding ticket... in my 3 or 4 years of driving, not exactly uncommon, especcially for someone driving in Iowa. Especcially when you consider the speeding ticket was in a speed trap that has caught both of my parents at one point (it suddenly goes from 35 MPH to 20). So I would just say it take it at her pace and when she's ready start teaching her.

From: chguthrie03@...Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 15:13:28 +0000Subject: ( ) teen drivers

My dd has Asperger's and ADD/ADHD combined type, I was wondering if any of you had older children with similar diagnosis. My dd is 12 and I know we still have a while to watch and see but at this point in time I just can not imagine her driving a car. Can anyone share their experiences what you do, how you told your child etc.Cheryl

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Hi Cheryl, I know that this (driving) is differently set up in states, but it's

offered here through the schools (after or before school). When they got to the

actual driving part, I waited until maybe after the 2nd lesson and talked to his

instructor. He was especially nice and patient with and even let him

" roll over " to a new session to give him extra practice. actually did

well but instructor noted that after a period of time driving, would

begin to pay less attention (was good the first hour) and that he had problems

with left turns. lost interest in practicing driving not too long after

that, got interested gain at end of high school, 1st yr of community college.

He got his license about a month before he turned 20.

Yes I think he still needs to improve, I won't let him drive but to certain

places (no interstates, heavy traffic highways, etc.) but he does fine

(overall). His local college was about 10 miles away (mostly rural type roads)

and we practiced back/forth. He does have a " lead foot " still, sigh; his twin

even said something to me about it after riding to Walmart with over

holidays.

I also realized that he apparently never paid attention to how to get places

when he was younger. When he began to drive, telling him where we were going

didn't tell him how to get there, which direction/road/lane, etc. And he's an A

student who has a really good memory!

Anyway, everyone is different as to their strengths, weaknesses. She'll be much

more mature by the time she has to learn.

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> My dd has Asperger's and ADD/ADHD combined type, I was wondering if any of you

had older children with similar diagnosis. My dd is 12 and I know we still have

a while to watch and see but at this point in time I just can not imagine her

driving a car. Can anyone share their experiences what you do, how you told

your child etc.

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> Cheryl

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[Guest guest]

You are right you do have a while.  My 19 yo son is also ADHD as

well as Aspergers.  He did not get his license until he was 17½.  He was not

ready and we did not push it as we also didn’t think he was ready.  He took

drivers ed at the normal age of 15½ and then private driving lessons, more private

lessons, and more private lessons.  Finally, his instructor told him he was

ready and was going to take his driving test THAT day which he did and passed. 

 To our pleasant surprise he is a good and safe driver.  But, I do know some

other Aspies who do not drive and probably never will.  It is just an

individual thing and a bridge that will need to be crossed when you get there.

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Subject: ( ) teen drivers

My dd has Asperger's and ADD/ADHD combined

type, I was wondering if any of you had older children with similar diagnosis.

My dd is 12 and I know we still have a while to watch and see but at this point

in time I just can not imagine her driving a car. Can anyone share their

experiences what you do, how you told your child etc.

Cheryl

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Dear Ms Elgamal:

I remember when I started Learning to Drive. I am 50 years old now and I remember I felt over come with the amount of things going on as the car was moving. I was learning to drive with an automatic trans car. I might have been even harder with a stick. Maybe if everyone was Aspe when they learn to drive they will have a greater understanding for the dangers of driving.

Thornton

RE: ( ) teen drivers

You are right you do have a while. My 19 yo son is also ADHD as well as Aspergers. He did not get his license until he was 17½. He was not ready and we did not push it as we also didn’t think he was ready. He took drivers ed at the normal age of 15½ and then private driving lessons, more private lessons, and more private lessons. Finally, his instructor told him he was ready and was going to take his driving test THAT day which he did and passed. To our pleasant surprise he is a good and safe driver. But, I do know some other Aspies who do not drive and probably never will. It is just an individual thing and a bridge that will need to be crossed when you get there.

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Cheryl GSent: Monday, January 04, 2010 9:13 AM Subject: ( ) teen drivers

My dd has Asperger's and ADD/ADHD combined type, I was wondering if any of you had older children with similar diagnosis. My dd is 12 and I know we still have a while to watch and see but at this point in time I just can not imagine her driving a car. Can anyone share their experiences what you do, how you told your child etc.Cheryl

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My older son just turned 16 in November and he has no interest in driving. He

is actually terrified of the thought. He has been dx'd with ADHD, PDD-Nos,

Tourette's, Asperger's, OCD and a couple other discorders that escape me at this

time. He has actually " outgrown " the ADHD and no longer gets meds for it.

Unfortunately, everything else took such a hold on him a few years ago that he

has been in out-of-home placements since August of 2007. During his last

residential placement he was able to take driver's ed and he ended up failing

the class because he did not turn in his work. I believe that is due in part to

his aspie laid-back ways and the other to his being scared. He is a terrible

" backseat " driver! I wouldn't worry about it now, just wait and see how she

might feel in a couple years. Get through her getting her permit first and then

see ..

Jen

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> I started late but am a perfectly good driver. I have been in one minor

accident (fender bender) and 1 speeding ticket... in my 3 or 4 years of driving,

not exactly uncommon, especcially for someone driving in Iowa. Especcially when

you consider the speeding ticket was in a speed trap that has caught both of my

parents at one point (it suddenly goes from 35 MPH to 20). So I would just say

it take it at her pace and when she's ready start teaching her.

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> My dd has Asperger's and ADD/ADHD combined type, I was wondering if any of you

had older children with similar diagnosis. My dd is 12 and I know we still have

a while to watch and see but at this point in time I just can not imagine her

driving a car. Can anyone share their experiences what you do, how you told your

child etc.

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[Guest guest]

This is interesting about directions/routes and not remembering (or maybe paying

attention). I think since his memory was so good (really, I wondered when he

was young was it photographic...that the word?) that I assumed he would also

notice things about driving when I drove as he grew up.

I was an anxious child myself and I always paid attention to those details

growing up, LOL, wanted to make sure I knew the way back home; and then as I got

older and knew I'd be driving some day, paid attention to lanes, turns, signals,

when mom began to put on brakes...all the little stuff I would need to know.

Yep, he has been to our movie drive-in a few times with his brother driving, the

one time he had to go alone (drove himself) he wasn't sure. Same when I would

let him drive me to visit my mom once a week, took him a few times to remember,

hadn't paid attention when I drove us; and it was only to turn left off our

street and then follow the road, straight at all intersections until at nursing

home.

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> I am 37, have an Aspie son of 6, through his diagnosis I have made a few

discoveries about myself, this could be another...my sense of direction esp when

driving is terrible, I tend to just go to new or unfamiliar places with a full

tank and the hope that I will find where I am looking for. With familiar routes

if I am not paying attention I sometimes take wrong turnings. And for my driving

test in 1989 I had my ears pierced, left once and right 3 times so I could

[Guest guest]

My ds just turned 21 and got his license. He was not ready at age 16.

Roxanna

" The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do

nothing. " E. Burke

( ) teen drivers

My dd has Asperger's and ADD/ADHD combined type, I was wondering if any

of you had older children with similar diagnosis. My dd is 12 and I

know we still have a while to watch and see but at this point in time I

just can not imagine her driving a car. Can anyone share their

experiences what you do, how you told your child etc.

Cheryl