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Autism And Driving DVLA (How It Affects YOU) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  Okay. So being autistic, I'm driving
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  here in UK. What the heck is going on with
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  this new regulation. Hey guys, welcome back to the a
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  school dimed on. I have Aspergers Syndrome ADHD
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  OCD and dyslexia. Okay guys, so basically in the
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  UK, there's been this huge change to something called the
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  dvla and the dvla the the firm or the government agency that
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  cover all things driving related like for your driver's test your
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  multi the regulations that go through for fitness test for
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  people with medical conditions. Etc, etc.
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  Now there's been a lot of controversy the past few days
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  where somebody from the autistic Community went on to the
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  government website and noticed that there was a little notice
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  they're saying that if you have autism spectrum condition and
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  you don't acknowledge this to the dvla you could be fined up
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  to a thousand pounds. This is bizarre.
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  Now a lot of people freaking out over it and I wanted to just
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  discuss it because I feel like it's very important.
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  So there's a few things here the dvla website.
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  Let's go through that first and see.
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  What they actually see okay is one that actual website as you
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  can see it says autistic Spectrum disorders is T and
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  driving. It says You must help the really
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  if you aren't izt expect if you have an autistic Spectrum
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  Disorder you can we find a thousand-pound.
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  If you do not tell the really about a medical condition that
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  affects your driving a very important to note you may be
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  prosecuted if you're involved in an action as a result.
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  So this line here where it said you could be fined up to a
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  thousand pounds of do not tell the dvla about a medical
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  condition that affects your driving don't affect them
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  driving could be the medical condition like epilepsy or
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  something, you know could be a physical thing.
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  We can me, you know have a lot of Lynn or something like that.
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  It could be, you know, I never reasons of medical condition
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  could impact driving now, I wouldn't say that anybody who's
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  passed the driving test who has ASD that that really affects
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  their driving like it doesn't affect my driving.
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  You know, I did you would have passed your test if it affecting
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  the driving that much now everyone's freaking out thinking
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  that were going to be fine because in the you have to tell
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  them You know the dvla about their awesome disorder.
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  And another thing that's quite interesting is that the dvla
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  actually didn't tell anybody about it.
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  They just updated their website and then nothing was said the
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  actual dvla is quoted by saying that this has been changed for a
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  number of years and that there's no there's nothing new there.
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  So people should be telling them anyway, but the weird thing
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  about this is that they never consulted with anybody didn't
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  tell anybody that just like Punk this like side of that now the
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  dvla are responsible for this and they basically put out a
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  form you have to fill the form and some I say that the form
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  asked questions that are related to substance abuse and
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  psychiatric treatment, but nothing to do with autism
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  itself, which is pretty bizarre because if you're going to you
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  know, I have somebody fart form about their autism spectrum
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  disorder the maybe you should be covering questions about autism
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  right needless to say every freaking out over it.
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  I don't really know what on Earth is going on with it.
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  I want to make this video so that you guys knew all the facts
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  that I know currently the national autistic Society
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  actually putting out a press release right now, buddy.
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  Talking about the fact that they're challenging the dvla to
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  this and the chip the tongue not too fine anybody until they sort
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  out this mess because basically the national autistic Society
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  who like the UK governing body on autism are basically saying
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  you can't do that kind of not fair and you know, they've got a
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  driving license, you know autism doesn't really affect their
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  driving. Obviously.
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  That's why there was a drive not saying that every with an Autism
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  Spectrum Disorder doesn't have any issues driving, but then the
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  ones who have the test and they've gone through that and
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  you know, a professional license tester from the government.
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  Has tested you and send you okay to drive and I think that that
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  should be enough. I don't think that there needs
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  to be this form filling out. Especially not a thousand pound
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  fine. If you don't do it, I'd love to
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  know your thoughts on the case because a lot of you guys be
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  tweeting me on Instagram me and ask me questions on it.
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  And to be honest with you. I'm not entirely sure.
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  So if you get me on Instagram, which is at the ask we will and
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  on Twitter as well at the s wheels and send me your comments
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  and leave a comment in the comment section of this video
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  down below just because like, yeah, I'd love to know what on
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  Earth is going on. And also guys, if you like this
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  video, please give it a thumbs up.
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  Up. Yeah, I'll see you in the next
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  one. Thanks to this really small
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  briefing.