<p>I have many college friends with disabilities such as learning disabilities and autism who mostly don't drive cars. Even my girlfriend (assuming that she's autistic and have learning disability) doesn't drive cars (she still in high school like I told you in the high school forum). It seems that I'm one of the few college students who have a disability that drive to college, even though I fear driving. In fact I took flying lessons recently so I could fly an airplane too (with the instructor's help of course, don't have enough hours to solo yet). I believe that I'm one of the few people with autism and learning disability that can fly an airplane. So for all you commuter students and community college students: Do you know anyone with a disability (I'm not talking physical disability such as blindness/deafness) that drive cars to school/college? Is there a trend or relationship between mental disabilities and driving?</p>
<p>So you said you drive?</p>
<p>Well, I go to college in NYC, so I don’t know anyone who drives.</p>
<p>yep, I drive (even though I hate it).</p>
<p>can you explain to me why you hate driving?</p>
<p>I am not mentally disabled and I hate driving.</p>
<p>Too many angry drivers… plus I can’t park!!!</p>
<p>2 reasons. 1. I don’t want to get into a car accident (actually I already have). 2. I’m afraid of the police and I don’t want to get pulled over. Please see my other thread “My Fear of Driving and Community College”.</p>
<p>I don’t know anybody with a learning disability or autism that doesn’t drive. I know probably hundreds of people with LDs and four with autism. I would understand why some people wouldn’t, people with my disability for example tend to have a very hard time learning to drive, but everybody I know still does.</p>
<p>Uh oh, shots fired.</p>
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<li>Accidents happen. That’s life. Theres plenty of other things in life to be afraid of which are more likely to occur.</li>
<li>So what if the police pull you over? Have you done something wrong?</li>
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<p>I don’t have any sort of disability, but I don’t drive, either.</p>
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<li> My depth perception is bad, making staying between the lines difficult at best (and we won’t talk about parking).</li>
<li> Accidents ARE actually one of those common occurences you should worry about.</li>
<li> I can’t navigate an intersection.</li>
<li> I hate car culture because it’s wasteful and stupid (WHY would you WANT to live 15 miles from the nearest town? I don’t get it).</li>
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<p>You have aspergers don’t you?
I don’t see why you can’t drive, I know twins with it, and they drive fine. They’re just socially awkward.</p>
<p>I have autism, and I do drive. However, I’ll admit that I did not get my driver’s license until 22 years old. The reasons I got my license so late is that 1) I generally don’t like driving, and 2) most of the places I go to are within walking distance of my home, so I never really felt the need to drive.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, my father still tells me that I need to know how to drive if I want to get a date! :P</p>
<p>I also have a good sense of who has autism or not. Generally, I think that people with autism (besides a counselor) could tell if another person has autism or not, unlike non-autistic people who sometimes has a hard time distinguishing autistic people.</p>
<p>“I also have a good sense of who has autism or not. Generally, I think that people with autism (besides a counselor) could tell if another person has autism or not, unlike non-autistic people who sometimes has a hard time distinguishing autistic people.”</p>
<p>Not necessarily the case at all whatsoever.</p>