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When my dad came back to coaching after taking two
years off, he bought me an iPad to keep statistics for
every basketball player. The only thing that I put in
the stats program were the points each player scored
and I did not put in the misses. Everybody on the
team shot 100%!
I took a driver’s education class with an instructor
for one month. In the first evaluation, he gave me
some things to work on. Nine months later, I took
the second part of the evaluation and he gave me
some other steps to work on. Two weeks later, I took
my third evaluation on the interstate. My instructor
felt like I was ready to go to the Department of Motor
Vehicles to take my driver’s test. The next week I
went to the Department of Motor Vehicles to take my
driver’s test. This woman was asking me questions.
She wanted me to put my window down. I was
having a hard time putting my window down. I took
my car home and borrowed my grandmother’s car.
This woman was asking me some more questions. I
was confused on what she was talking about. I was
not used to driving my grandmother’s car. She told
me that I could come back the next day. I studied
the parts of my car that evening. The next morning
I went back to the Department of Motor vehicles.
That woman asked me the same questions again. I
knew every answer. She let me take my driver’s test.
I passed my driver’s test and got my driver’s license
that afternoon.
I belong to a social skills group for autistic adults at
Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. I learn about
friendship appropriateness andwork appropriateness.