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January 12th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda THURSDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) — Two-thirds of driving-age
American teens with a high-functioning autism spectrum disorder are
currently driving or plan to drive, and these teens have a number of
common characteristics, a new study says.
People with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders, or HFASDs, have
subtle impairments in social interaction, communication, motor skills and
coordination. They also have difficulty regulating emotions.
Many of these skills are used when driving, noted the researchers at
the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Child Injury
Prevention Studies.
“Little is known about how HFASDs affect a person’s ability to drive
safely,” study lead author and developmental pediatrician Dr. Patty Huang
said in a hospital news release.
“Over the past decade, the rate of children diagnosed with an HFASD has
increased, meaning that more of those kids are now approaching driving
age. Car crashes are the number one cause of death for teenagers, so it is
important that we understand how HFASDs impact driving and how to develop
appropriate educational and evaluation tools,” she noted.
Huang and her colleagues surveyed nearly 300 parents of teens with
HFASDs and identified a number of common characteristics among teens most
likely to become drivers, including:
- Being at least 17 years old
- Enrollment in full-time regular education
- Planning to attend college
- Having held a paid job outside the home
- Having a parent who has taught another teen to drive
- Inclusion of driving-related goals in his or her individualized
education plan.
The study was published in the January issue of the Journal of
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.
“It’s very common for parents of kids with HFASDs to ask how they
should handle learning to drive. Knowing these characteristics can help us
prepare anticipatory guidance for families,” Huang said. “In Pennsylvania,
it’s the law for teens to have a doctor’s sign-off before they can get a
learner’s permit and that makes it easier to address driving-specific
concerns. In states that don’t have those laws, it’s an issue that
physicians should be prepared to address with their patients and their
parents.”
More information
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more about teen drivers.
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