Motor problems in autism persist into adulthood

I've always had problems with bumping into things, knocking things over and falling down from childhood and still have them.

I perhaps stumble and fall once a month, in fact I have got quite adept at falling over so that I never hurt myself (touch wood), but it sure is inconvenient.  Not many years ago (certainly within the last ten) I stumbled in a shop and knocked to display down -- a lot of ornaments and things.  The owner of the shop was not best pleased.

I was given tablets when in my early twenties but they didn't seem to do anything so I stopped taking them  I have had brain scans but they don't show anything untoward.

It is an autistic trait.  I am now 63 and it still affects me.  But I am not particularly worried about it although I just hope as I age I don't get to hurt myself by falling over.  It is not 'blacking out' it is just one minute I am standing up and the next I am on the ground.  I do take a stick sometimes which gives me a bit of reassurance but even that does not always stop it.

I tripped over something walking to the supermarket only on Friday and broke my glasses giving myself a black eye and injuring my right hand which means I'll have to wear a splint until it heals. Fortunately they were both soft tissue injuries and I didn't break any bones.

Did you report it officially to them at the time!

You could have claimed compensation for your injuries.

Sorry, my misunderstanding.

I was just thinking of a 1970s comedy episode, where someone broke their leg while decorating at home. Then tried to get into work with his broken leg where he planned to fall down the stairs to make his employer liable for his injury.

I was on my way to the supermarket not at the supermarket itself. A friend did suggest reporting it to the local council. Fortunately I need a new pair of glasses anyway so breaking my current pair is not the end of the world.

I was on my way to the supermarket not at the supermarket itself. A friend did suggest reporting it to the local council. Fortunately I need a new pair of glasses anyway so breaking my current pair is not the end of the world.

Sorry, my misunderstanding.

I was just thinking of a 1970s comedy episode, where someone broke their leg while decorating at home. Then tried to get into work with his broken leg where he planned to fall down the stairs to make his employer liable for his injury.