Groundbreaking New Book Helps Autistic and SEND Learners Navigate the Road to Driving
Groundbreaking New Book Helps Autistic and SEND Learners Navigate the Road to Driving Loughborough, UK — October 2025 Learning to drive can be exciting, overwhelming, and life-changing — but for autistic and SEND learners, it can also be filled with anxiety, sensory challenges, and barriers that traditional teaching methods overlook. A new book, Autism – The Road to Driving: A Supportive Guide for Autistic and SEND Learners , by Simon J. Harrison , offers a first-of-its-kind solution — combining professional driving instruction, therapeutic insight, and educational expertise to support neurodiverse learners, their families, and instructors. Drawing on years of experience as a qualified Driving Instructor, Alternative Therapist, and Teacher, Simon has created a calm, structured, and compassionate guide to learning to drive. “Many learners on the autism spectrum experience the world — and the road — differently,” says Simon. “This book helps them, and those supporting them, to find ...