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Dexterity issues

Max

I was wondering how common this was among autists here. For some reason I've always had trouble with this.

It goes back to learning to use a knife and a fork as a young child. It took me a hell of a long time and even once I was able to cut up food to a reasonable standard, I still had difficulty. To this day, any object that requires small movements or manipulation of tiny parts bugs me. Stuff like tying knots confuse me too. And forget DIY.

Anyway, I'm prepared for it to just be a 'me' thing but I thought I'd ask anyway.

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  • me and my nephew, both autistic, are into modelling so we can be making and painting things at a small scale.  We both have good hands and are good at DIY. I am generally a Jack of all trades while my nephew is a real specialist.  Also I  use knots all the time as well for climbing and felling trees and boat work. 

    I was told that bad coordination can be a feature of some peoples autism. I guess me and my nephew dodged that one but I bet you have other skills we lack ---- its like a hand of cards some cards u get some u dont Slight smile

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  • me and my nephew, both autistic, are into modelling so we can be making and painting things at a small scale.  We both have good hands and are good at DIY. I am generally a Jack of all trades while my nephew is a real specialist.  Also I  use knots all the time as well for climbing and felling trees and boat work. 

    I was told that bad coordination can be a feature of some peoples autism. I guess me and my nephew dodged that one but I bet you have other skills we lack ---- its like a hand of cards some cards u get some u dont Slight smile

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