Many autistic adolescents are motivated by employment and increased social demands, but cite anxiety and sensory issues, as specific challenges that need to be addressed when learning to drive.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is proud to announce that more than 10,000 teens have completed virtual driving assessments (VDAs) across 28 sites in the CHOP Primary Care network since the program’s launch in 2020.

The findings published in the Annals of Family Medicine provide a potential blueprint for how healthcare systems might integrate the VDA into routine adolescent care and reduce young driver crash risk.

New research conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia discovered that performance feedback plus cash incentives designed with insights from behavioral science reduces phone use while driving. 

Young driver training can help lower crash rates, but many states do not require sufficient preparation before getting licensed.

New website -- njsho.chop.edu -- features an interactive data dashboard including data on young drivers to help improve traffic safety in NJ.