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Driving Characteristics of Teens With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death among teens. Teens with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or both (ADHD-ASD) may have a greater crash risk. We examined the between-groups demographic, clinical, and predriving performance differences of 22 t...

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Published in:American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 67; no. 6; pp. 644 - 674
Main Authors: Classen, Sherrilene, Monahan, Miriam, Yanning Wang
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: American Occupational Therapy Association Nov/Dec2013
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          Classen, Sherrilene
          Monahan, Miriam
          Yanning Wang
        affil: Professor and Director, School of Occupational Therapy, Elborn College, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5B9 Canada
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          Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder In Adolescence
          Autism Spectrum Disorder In Adolescence
          Automobile Driving In Adolescence
          Accidents, Traffic Risk Factors
          Human
          Ontario
          Adolescence
          Descriptive Statistics
          Case Control Studies
          Prospective Studies
          Convenience Sample
          Clinical Assessment Tools
          Chi Square Test
          Male
          Female
          Fisher's Exact Test
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          Questionnaires
          Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient
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          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: Vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death among teens. Teens with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or both (ADHD-ASD) may have a greater crash risk. We examined the between-groups demographic, clinical, and predriving performance differences of 22 teens with ADHD-ASD (mean age = 15.05, standard deviation [SD] = 0.95) and 22 healthy control (HC) teens (mean age = 14.32, SD = 0.72). Compared with HC teens, the teens with ADHD-ASD performed more poorly on right-eye visual acuity, selective attention, visual-motor integration, cognition, and motor performance and made more errors on the driving simulator pertaining to visual scanning, speed regulation, lane maintenance, adjustment to stimuli, and total number of driving errors. Teens with ADHD-ASD, compared with HC teens, may have more predriving deficits and as such require the skills of a certified driving rehabilitation specialist to assess readiness to drive.
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