Interesting. I would think performance depends on severity of autism
My experience is that those with autism (myself included) don’t react well to the unexpected. I credit a lot of time spent in racing games and aircraft simulators to learn how to not panic when stuff goes sideways.
There are hand controls that physically disabled individuals use. Maybe people with autism may be able to benefit from it.
Uh, what? No. Why would you even?
Oh…I’m sorry. I thought it might work.
Thanks for pointing it out.
What I am saying is that hand controls are a lot easier and less complex to use. But I guess it’s different for everyone.
Sorry. Welp I’m a horrible person
I like complex controls. It’s having to instantly deal with something that wasn’t supposed to happen and not melting down internally when it does. I’ve gotten around this by practice practice practice.
I see. Thank you for letting me know- I will remember this.
Sorry…
I’m sorry if I have offended you. I didn’t mean it.
Dude. You didn’t say or do anything wrong. You just presented an idea. If the only people who were allowed to theorize about autism were people with autism, we wouldn’t ever really get anywhere. The issue here is that MrSquirrel is acting like he is the poster boy for autism, and that, because he wouldn’t benefit from hand controls, no one would.
i’m worried about my nephew who has brain damage and he wants to drive 
worried he’ll have an accident, luckily my sis is very good at telling him that he needs to be extremely careful when driving but i dont think he can understand that very well
i have been lucky, i drove cars around in my dads garage and had lessons before getting unwell, then later i stopped but took up driving again in a friends car, she had me driving her car and then i took lessons and passed my test,
only thing i worry about is tiredness, my eyes are light sensitive too
He’s expressing an opinion based on his personal experience as a person with Asperger’s that drives. I don’t think he’s purposely setting himself up as a 'poster boy ’ .
Well that’s how it came across. My brother has ASD (Asperger’s Syndrome), and his motor skills aren’t the greatest, especially when it comes to his feet. It’s not as bad as it once was (he used to trip and fall all of the time), but there are things he can’t do, such as march or run properly. The boy with ASD in my high school clarinet section was clumsy on his feet too. And these are just the people with high functioning autism. Just because he doesn’t need hand controls doesn’t mean that others with the same condition wouldn’t benefit from it, and it most certainly doesn’t mean that @anon10648258’s suggestion was a bad or inconsiderate one.
My fine and gross motor skills are poor. As a child I was described as being badly coordinated . My stepdaughter has said I’m the clumsiest person she has known, and that I walk like I’m drunk. Dyspraxia was mentioned in my autism assessment report although the test was not to diagnose or not diagnose that .
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