How good are you at getting to places?
firemonkey
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in General ASD
My stepdaughter takes me to places I need to go to . That's because I have a poor sense of direction, and of course to give me support.
Even before Covid, and the chronic backache, I never went far from home on my own.
At my last place I would take the bus to just two places. That was because I knew where to get on and off the bus with those journeys . In the 3+ years I've been here I've not been on a bus. Truth is I'm too anxious and scared of getting off at the wrong place and getting lost. The likely result being I'd totally lose it.
At my last place I would take the bus to just two places. That was because I knew where to get on and off the bus with those journeys . In the 3+ years I've been here I've not been on a bus. Truth is I'm too anxious and scared of getting off at the wrong place and getting lost. The likely result being I'd totally lose it.
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If I don't already know how to get somewhere I become very disoriented though, and can't navigate with directions unless someone tells me landmarks to look for.
Same here- no images,smells,sounds,taste & touch. Have done several research surveys about it. There's some evidence pointing to it occurring more frequently in those on the spectrum.
Google Maps is instrumental in helping me not get lost in unfamiliar places.
I have a friend who has some kind of inbuilt GPS and can easily - almost instinctively - get his bearings anywhere. You could drop him in the middle of Tokyo for the first time and he knows exactly how to get where he wants, it's uncanny.
I totally lack the basic skill of navigation. I actually don't own a car anymore but when I had one I would do a practice drive to where I was going so that I could remember visual landmarks on the way and not miss an important appointment when I had to actually be there. I need visual landmarks. Like with my reading I seem to remember and internalize a route after 3 or four times of trying.
I'm generally aware of which direction I turn and how many times, but that's about it.