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Lots of non-autistic individuals know that autism itself can affect a personās mental health, personality, language abilities and sensory processing. But less of them know that autism can also directly affect gross motor skills (Walking, running, lifting things, etc.) and fine motor skills (Writing, tying shoelaces, using a spoon, etc.). Lots of people undereducated on autism think itās just a thing that has mental traits when in reality, it can greatly affect physical traits and skills too! I always look down when walking to avoid tripping on ground objects, I canāt do typical typing (On a keyboard, I peck one key at a time, my typing classes in elementary school didnāt help), Iād say my biggest concern between the 2 is my fine motor skills (I get very frustrated using my hands, I hated sewing class). I love video games like PokĆ©mon but Iām bad at quick decision making (In Legends Arceus, I couldnāt play because it was too much too fast, I prefer the turn based system of the main games). My processing is somewhat slow and being under pressure doesnāt help. Overall, Iām still looking into doing special motor exercises and activities at 23, even if I donāt get better, at least I wonāt get worse
