My only learner driver has ASD, the biggest issue we have had is with extreme return of literalness in interpreting instructions. Especially at the start. Example:

Sitting at a two lane round about for the first time I thought to explain how to choose the right time to go... all the different things to be aware of. But did not realise I needed to say "STAY IN YOUR LANE" until I was screaming it... Because we were going straight through the round about I had mentioned something like "We are going straight through", they literally went straight through, crossing into the inner lane without checking.

We did a lot of parent lessons and supervised driving first, and then our first typical driving instructor was a terrible fit, but the second seemed quite good. Sadly covid paused all that for the last 8 months.

Being patient and having many hours of supervised practice is invaluable.

Last edited by MumOfThree; 12/02/20 07:41 PM.