Hi all!

I just had a very frustrating conversation for about the 100th time and i need to vent.

So, I am autistic. Now, I know that plenty of people on the spectrum can drive. But my flavor of autism makes it extremely unsafe for me to get a license.

1. I close and cover my eyes when i am scared. I do it all the time as a passenger in the car and i doubt i could stop when driving. It is an instinct.

2. I get easily overwhelmed and lose all focus and concentration. Again, this keeps happening to me even when i am just a passenger in the car.

3. I have a horrible lack of sense of direction. I am able to get lost on a straight road. Can not read a map to save my life and I keep confusing left and right.

4. I do not want to drive as knowing all this makes me very nervous, i am afraid of being responsible for such a dangerous machine and the thought makes me panic.

5. I have bad eyesight and depth perception

Despite all this, many family members and almost all of my friends keep trying to convince me that i need a drivers license and that i will just "figure it out" once i am driving.

I had the same conversation with my aunt so many times i lost count... Why do they insist on me endangering myself and everyone on the roads around me? I dont even live in a car dependent country, nor do we own a car with my partner...