Behind the Wheel: Specialized Driving Instructors' Experiences and Strategies for Teaching Autistic Adolescents to Drive.

ABSTRACT: In the transition to adulthood, driving supports independence. For autistic adolescents, training provided by specialized driving instructors, including occupational therapists, may establish fitness to drive and continued independence. To examine specialized driving instructors' experiences providing behind-the-wheel instruction to autistic adolescents. We recruited participants through purposive and snowball sampling of members of ADED, the Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists. Interviews investigated experiences providing instruction, autistic students' strengths and challenges, strategies used, and recommendations to improve the learning-to-drive process. We coded transcripts using a directed content analysis approach. Telephone interviews. Specialized driving instructors

SUBMITTER: Myers RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8095704 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature