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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.

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