Do you have AS but are not clumsy?

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I think Aspie clumsiness can be masked by good fine motor skills for some tasks. I can play guitar and piano fairly competently, my handwriting is neat as long as I don't use cursive, my science job used to involve transferring tiny amounts of liquid accurately into lots of tiny test tubes, and I can competently construct circuit boards by soldering loads of tiny components into their correct locations without burning myself with the soldering iron or spilling molten solder all over the place. But I'm still clumsy.

I'm not particularly clumsy, but my right and left hands can't operate independently, which means that playing most musical instruments was a challenge. I found my niche with the trumpet, which gets played with one hand.

I thought you might play the tuba, based on your screen name.

Not clumsy, but my body movements are very 'rigid' and 'robotic'

Most of the time I am not clumsy.

When I am clumsy,it is usually because the situation is a new one, or i have sensory overload and some difficulty maintaining focus. I am clumsy at basketball but very athletic for baseball, not bad for an Autie.

I'm glad you asked this. I've been wondering the same thing because the other day I saw someone on another website say that clumsiness is common with aspies and that it gets better with age.

I'm not really sure if I'm clumsy or not? I was called clumsy as a child (I had lots of accidents, broken bones, two carpal tunnel surgeries, and I did trip over a pencil once), but my mother is pretty clumsy so that could just be something I inherited. I am not an athletic person overall (unless rock climbing counts? haha and I'm hoping to start figure skating) - I'm actually more musically inclined (clarinet, singing, piano, and guitar), but I don't feel like I'm clumsy now though.

Since other people brought it up: my handwriting is basically great, though it is small. I've been told I have an odd pencil grip though (apparently it's the same one my father has), but I always attributed that to the fact that I started writing (and picked up a pencil) at the age of one.

I don't think that I am or ever was 'clumsy'. The only thing I can think which seems to kind of relate is when I am doing something very precise and my hands and arms tends to somewhat shake. My handwriting is also and never has been good. I'm not sure I would consider this as a part of 'clumsiness' though.

I'm a little clumsy but my control and coordination skills are a lot better than when i was younger, although i'm still very "robotic".
I think that playing Guitar Hero, (musical) keyboard and playing a lot of games have helped me a lot to improve on this.

I'm not clumsy. I played the guitar, rode a bike and did gymnastics in high school.

I am a clumsy Aspie.
I've broken my toes so many times by kicking them on furniture, it's not funny.
I lose my balance even just standing still.
I'm forever dropping and spilling things.
Burning myself.
Cutting myself.

The list goes on.

Sort of clumsy. I am the type that, alone in front of the other team's soccer net, trips on the turf instead of scoring a goal. Yes, true story. I also am not so hot at doing crafts that require fine motor skills. But, I can ride a bike without hands on the handlebars.

My handwriting sucks. It was extremely interesting learning that this is probably related to AS. I also have difficulty throwing a baseball. I used to practice a lot with my dad but I always had the wrong technique and I was very inaccurate. Other than that I wouldn't consider myself clumsy... except maybe if someone bumps into me in a crowd. I can shoot compound bows and all sorts of guns with great accuracy. I can solve a Rubik's cube in under a minute. I can type fairly well.
http://10fastfingers.com/speedtests/gen ... 922_158019
Just took a test^^

So I'm clumsy in like three aspects and not at all clumsy in any other aspects that I know of. Maybe this fact can discount attributing my handwriting and inability to throw a ball well to AS?

Ok. Thank you everyone who has posted so far.

According to my count so far there are only 3 people, including myself who were actually born 'not clumsy'..........and that includes myself. Ok. Now, you see what interests me is listening to people who have not had to adapt and overcome their clumsiness, but we're born 'not clumsy' and then to explore what it is about this small minority of people in the autistic spectrum that makes them 'not clumsy'.

My intuition says that there is a connection between social awkwardness and refinement of one's use and the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

For the sake of clarity:

I would be really interested to hear from people here who were born non clumsy and are in the autistic spectrum
and then to explore if this has anything to do with being right brain dominant.

Naturally I might be barking up the wrong tree here(wouldn't be the first time)......... But i am enthusiastically curious about this issue


In gratitude.