I've read that aspies are clumsy

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I was described as clumsy when I was a child. I would bump into people, drop things, couldn't walk on my back heels and I couldn't stand on one foot long, etc.

I have good balance, good hand eye coordination and dexterity, but I do spill a drink from time to time and bump into things from time to time.

I can usually get away with being a little clumsy here and there, I often snag myself on door frames and stub my toes, but every now and then if I'm holding something, it's as though I forget about the object or can't feel it, because my hand suddenly opens up and it's dropped, I get through a few mugs this way. I'm not actually sure in retrospect if the dropping thing even defines as clumsiness, surely more absent mindedness.

I worked on my coordination in my 40s so it is much better now.

I don't fit in the clumsy stereotype.
The only clumsy about me is speaking, and my sense of time and space.

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I have rather good fine motor skills for an aspie. I'm proficient at playing the saxophone and the piano, I'm decent at video games like Super Monkey Ball which require extreme precision, and I drive well.

I am extremely clumsy. This, together with my horrible social skills, are part of what clued me in that I may have an ASD. I have fallen so many times that my knees are permanently damaged, and I'm only in my 30s. I fall so often that I've learned that it hurts less if you don't fight it when you feel yourself falling and just let it happen. I have embarrassed myself multiple times falling in front of groups of people. My family says I'm just "a klutz".

I'm about as graceful as a drunken pig on stilts.

When I was a kid I would fall randomly while standing still. I bump into things all the time, fall often, and stumble multiple times a day over my own feet and the ground beneath me. When I fell and broke my ankle, the hospital put a ribbon around my wrist that says "fall risk" and my boyfriend joked that I should have that on me forever

I am definitely clumsy. In addition to being on the spectrum, I was extremely tall and lanky growing up, which is probably why I was bullied so much. On top of that, I recently found out there is a 99% chance I have a rare genetic condition that is like a mild form of MS/ALS. At least I don't have it as bad as my mother as she is ten times worse than me and needs a wheelchair to get around without getting injured. My wife seems to love saying "where did you get THAT bruise from?" to which I usually have no idea. One positive thing I can say is my lankiness has been significantly improved once a physiotherapist discovered that I have extremely tight hip muscles and helped to loosen them up.

I sometimes wonder if my lankiness and clumsiness is why I was always picked last for sports despite statistically being near the top in almost all categories. Even though I can skate well I definitely fall a lot when playing hockey, probably more than everyone else combined in a given night.