I agree. My aspie-daughter learned to drive before we even knew she was on the spectrum. I knew she had some issues with "spacial awareness", speed and somewhat ungraceful driving skills like turning corners more sharply than she should, or waiting to the last minute to slow down. I just thought she needed a lot of practice, so I started teaching her to drive early; about 14 1/2- 15 yrs old, I'd take her out to vacant parking lots and have her practice driving around and around and around. Stopping, starting, turning right, turning left, parking, etc..I told her to try to imagine "being ONE with the car"; like the car was a part of her body. I did this so by the time she went to drivers ed, she had a good handle on her skills and what to expect. I knew she'd ace the written part of the course. I just wanted her to "get a leg up" on her peers with the driving part. I did the same thing for our neurotyical son.

Aspergers should not affect how your young person learns to drive... it is one of the few things taught in small steps and with great care to everybody.

However, if your young person has hand-eye coordination problems, attentiveness issues, and/or balance problems, or they are very jumpy regarding high levels of visual or auditory stimuli, you may want to speak with an occupational therapist.

Because my son is so uncoordinated he cannot ride a bicycle, we are not teaching him to drive. Instead, we are having him learn to use public transportation, with excellent results.

it took 4 years to teach my daughetr with Asperger how to drive. We used sensory supports to help balance the vestibular and propriceptive systems.