Learning-Disabled Drivers

Issue title: The Environment

Subtitle: What Do They Need to Succeed?

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Delaney, Dee A.

Affiliations: Adapted Driving Program, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, Pennsylvania

Abstract: Driving skills are sometimes overlooked in the learning-disabled child's development until late adolescence or early adulthood. This late consideration of a complex skill may present an overwhelming challenge to a developmentally delayed individual. A case study of a successful learning-disabled driver suggests that childhood predriving skills, specialized training, and an integrated network of resources help to ensure the learning disabled driver's success.

Keywords: Learning disorders, Automobile driving, Driver's examination, Learning disability

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-1994-4410

Journal: Work, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 281-284, 1994