Joe Rogan Experience #2570 - Mystery Boys · Aired Oct 23, 2026
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Eighty percent of autistic people never drive a car.
The finding
What remains unresolved
The CHOP study found one in three autistic people without intellectual disability licensed by age 21. It cannot settle a lifetime never-driving figure for all autistic people, including people with intellectual disability. We did not locate a representative lifetime estimate establishing 80%. Our original explanation used a narrower population and endpoint to refute a broader claim; that comparison was not valid.
Read the supporting source · injury.research.chop.edu ↗Quick answer & review status
Quick answer
Is it true that Eighty percent of autistic people never drive a car?
We can't say yet. The CHOP study found one in three autistic people without intellectual disability licensed by age 21. It cannot settle a lifetime never-driving figure for all autistic people, including people with intellectual disability. Mystery Boys said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2570 - Mystery Boys, aired Oct 23, 2026, at 24:42. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. The supporting source is injury.research.chop.edu, linked below.
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