Guest guest Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 My fifteen year old son went to driver's ed this past summer, and got his learner's permit. (On the third try, I thought he'd never make it through the written test but he was determined).Amazingly enough he is a serious, focused and careful driver. We were afraid he'd be silly and flapping and distracted but he isn't. Also his spatial orientation skills or whatever they're called, motor planning etc., have never been good, when he rides his bike he has trouble keeping over to the side of the road, so I worried about his making turns and parking. So far so good, his father took him right out on the freeway, and now I have also. He changes lanes, reads signs, keeps up with the speed limit. I can't help thinking of Hoffman's character in Rain Man "I've always been a very good driver..." but we're thrilled that he does indeed seem to be a good driver. This will mean a lot to the level of independence he achieves.After he failed the permit test the first time I started having him read every single road and street sign as we went along - what is the speed limit now? What street are we on. What does that sign mean? Fed into the old loving to decode and read obsessions. Also there are practice tests available on line from the state's MVB and he took a lot of those.We are so lucky to have a down-to-earth saint teaching driver's ed in our district. He is a special ed teacher and did a great job getting Sam over the humps. "Got him to stop driving with his left foot on the brake and his right foot on the accelerator," "Got him to not stop when he puts on his turn signal" etc. By the time we started driving with Sam he was proudly able to show what he could do. Funny note: In our state you're supposed to keep a log of 50 hours worth of driving experiences in various situations, night, subdivision, freeway, town, etc. My boy eagerly filled his out -- under "type of driving experience" he put "awesome" "epic" "not too bad" "fun" "so-so" "amazing" etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2011 Report Share Posted December 4, 2011 I carefully read you post as we will be entering the driving game in a few years. I had to laugh at your son's concrete statements re type of driving experience. This is classic and hilarious to those of us who live with these guys. Mine was helping out at the local pet store (volunteer program) and has worked up to holding snakes, etc. to check for whatever you check a snake for. His friend draped a relatively medium size snake around his neck and one of the employee/mentors commented that he liked the scarf: to which my child in all seriousness replied, " it's a snake " . These guys are so funny and sweet (as long as we honor their sensory needs). It's usually a delight to be around them. > > My fifteen year old son went to driver's ed this past summer, and got > his learner's permit. (On the third try, I thought he'd never make > it through the written test but he was determined). > > Amazingly enough he is a serious, focused and careful driver. We > were afraid he'd be silly and flapping and distracted but he > isn't. Also his spatial orientation skills or whatever they're > called, motor planning etc., have never been good, when he rides his > bike he has trouble keeping over to the side of the road, so I > worried about his making turns and parking. So far so good, his > father took him right out on the freeway, and now I have also. He > changes lanes, reads signs, keeps up with the speed limit. I can't > help thinking of Hoffman's character in Rain Man " I've always been a > very good driver... " but we're thrilled that he does indeed seem to > be a good driver. This will mean a lot to the level of independence > he achieves. > > After he failed the permit test the first time I started having him > read every single road and street sign as we went along - what is the > speed limit now? What street are we on. What does that sign mean? > Fed into the old loving to decode and read obsessions. Also there > are practice tests available on line from the state's MVB and he took > a lot of those. > > We are so lucky to have a down-to-earth saint teaching driver's ed in > our district. He is a special ed teacher and did a great job getting > Sam over the humps. " Got him to stop driving with his left foot on > the brake and his right foot on the accelerator, " " Got him to not > stop when he puts on his turn signal " etc. By the time we started > driving with Sam he was proudly able to show what he could do. > > Funny note: In our state you're supposed to keep a log of 50 hours > worth of driving experiences in various situations, night, > subdivision, freeway, town, etc. My boy eagerly filled his out -- > under " type of driving experience " he put " awesome " " epic " " not too > bad " " fun " " so-so " " amazing " etc. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 I am new to this board, and also NEW to the driving! I have a 15 1/2 year old daughter with AS. So far she is getting use to the order of things to go when getting in the car before you even put it into drive!!! She hasn't gotten into the drivers Ed car yet, thank goodness! I want to get her comfortable behind the wheel and to remember step by step what she needs to remember what to do behind the wheel! i think after all the pieces fit together for her she will be an exceptional diver, just the everydays struggle to get from pint A to point B! > > My fifteen year old son went to driver's ed this past summer, and got > his learner's permit. (On the third try, I thought he'd never make > it through the written test but he was determined). > > Amazingly enough he is a serious, focused and careful driver. We > were afraid he'd be silly and flapping and distracted but he > isn't. Also his spatial orientation skills or whatever they're > called, motor planning etc., have never been good, when he rides his > bike he has trouble keeping over to the side of the road, so I > worried about his making turns and parking. So far so good, his > father took him right out on the freeway, and now I have also. He > changes lanes, reads signs, keeps up with the speed limit. I can't > help thinking of Hoffman's character in Rain Man " I've always been a > very good driver... " but we're thrilled that he does indeed seem to > be a good driver. This will mean a lot to the level of independence > he achieves. > > After he failed the permit test the first time I started having him > read every single road and street sign as we went along - what is the > speed limit now? What street are we on. What does that sign mean? > Fed into the old loving to decode and read obsessions. Also there > are practice tests available on line from the state's MVB and he took > a lot of those. > > We are so lucky to have a down-to-earth saint teaching driver's ed in > our district. He is a special ed teacher and did a great job getting > Sam over the humps. " Got him to stop driving with his left foot on > the brake and his right foot on the accelerator, " " Got him to not > stop when he puts on his turn signal " etc. By the time we started > driving with Sam he was proudly able to show what he could do. > > Funny note: In our state you're supposed to keep a log of 50 hours > worth of driving experiences in various situations, night, > subdivision, freeway, town, etc. My boy eagerly filled his out -- > under " type of driving experience " he put " awesome " " epic " " not too > bad " " fun " " so-so " " amazing " etc. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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