Spatial awareness

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I've never heard of glasses for spatial awareness issues. The problem is mental and has nothing to do with the eyes itself.

That's interesting , I don't think I have a problem knowing my physical 'place' in relation to people but I constantly stub my toe , bang my elbow or head etc on inanimate objects.

I also feel that I am an over cautious driver , check the mirror , check it again , is that car too close for me to change lanes , check the mirror , it's too close now.

I can relate to this. I always assumed that it's because of certain shadows on the display screen.

I'm also severely myopic, but I have adapted very well without glasses. I do bump into stuff a lot, but it's not because of vision. I do it even when wearing glasses. I also rely more on touch than vision to do some stuff.

SaveFerris, things like stubbing your toe, or banging your elbow are more likely a body awareness issue. I have big problems with body awareness, and these are the type of things I do.

How likely do you think it is an autistic trait or is that an impossible question to answer?

See I thought I was the only one with this problem. Even my driving instructor was worried because I was learning slower than the average driver. The problem with is I had trouble steering the wheel properly and I was confused about much I was supposed to cut the wheel when I turned. I am actually a very visual person so I actually had to look at the wheel in order for me to improve me turns. However, I still hit the curb at times when I'm doing lessons with my instructor or my dad. In fact, I think I might have problems with depth perception too. There have been a few times when my instructor said I was too close to another car or my dad yelled at me because I was driving thorugh a narrow lane and he said I was too close to a car, which was confusing because then I would go in the opposite direction and yet he would still say I was too close to yet another car. This made me so frustrated and I think I cried at one point. I remember when I was in elementary school I failed a vision test and my mom said my vision was fine, it's just the way that I perceive things that's a problem. My sister is not on the spectrum (even though she has ADD) and she has astigmatism, so I wonder how she will fare when she drives.


Yes I always cringe whenever I'm walking in the city because I'm scared I'll either end up bumping into someone or we'll both end up in each other's way and I'll end up giving them the classic "Sorry" response.



This is the thing with me. When I was younger and even now, I was a very visual person so I was good at using landmarks and the environment to get somewhere. My mom even said when I was a toddler I would automatically know when we deviated from our usual routes. But I think it would be harder for me to put directions into words for people because once when I was in high school, this kid's mom was driving me home and I guess a struggled a bit to explain to her where I lived. However, I knew how to get there.

I have poor vision and poor spatial awareness but these are unrelated. I had poor spatial awareness LONG before I got poor vision.

As a giant, I can tell you that when you learn early on that you live in a world where everything is too small for you, you learn to adjust your motor skills VERY quickly.

@FreakyZettairyouiki... its funny you should mention this... I regularly and casually fit my car through narrow lanes which few people without my level of spatial acuity would ever attempt.

I think of things like stubbing my toes, banging my elbows, and other body awareness issues under sensory perception problems. Does this make it an autistic trait? I have no idea.