#1 has terrible handwriting. The child is 10, for crying out loud. She doesn’t drop things or fall down, but she also has difficulty playing basketball and doing aerobics.
I haven’t wanted to compare her to Supergirl (#2), so I’ve been putting #1’s lack of fine motor skills down to laziness/overweight.
But learning about #3’s AS makes me wonder: Have I confused the cause for the effect? Is there something chemically/developmentally off about #1 that makes her unable to make tiny movements with control???
April 30, 2008 at 10:12 am
Possibly, but probably not. You should see #2’s handwriting. It looks like a 4 yr old’s. Does she care that her handwriting is bad? Maybe if it doesn’t matter to her much, she has no motivation to improve it. I don’t know how you make a person care about that sort of thing, I mean…look at #2. He’s 18. SD’s writing looks like a 5th grader’s.
Does she have trouble with other fine-motor skills, is it hard for her to make a craft or is she awkward working in the kitchen, measuring things?
April 30, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Now that you mention it, she is pretty bad at coloring inside the lines (even when she wants to), using scissors, running, or even standing still. (It drives me mad to have her stand next to me while I’m typing, since she keeps bumping into me!)
May 1, 2008 at 6:58 am
Hmm. (trying to think of something wise to say)