I am just musing about any connection between Asperger's and physical balance issues. I know my balance is not as good as many others. For a long time I thought, well, we all have different abilities. But I often wondered why; still do.
It took me ages to learn to ride a bicycle. Couldn't balance the sucker. And skating, well, that was always a treat. It was pretty much all I could do to move forward at a snail's pace and not fall down again. Never did learn how to skate backwards - it was totally beyond my comprehension how anyone could do that.
And riding a motorcycle! How did I ever manage to get my license? And to think I put my SO on the back of that thing and we used to go places! I remember being n0rth of Toronto once, and riding into some soft sandy stuff on the gravel road I was travelling. Ha. Front wheel starts to wobble, gets, worse, then the Beemer goes right and I go left, right onto my head. Thank you for the helmet! It hurt to walk for 3 weeks, since my ankles clobbered the carburetor intake pipes on the way off the bike (it was an R60, if you're interested).
I now know that my balance is heavily dependent on eyesight - I use visual cues to retain my bargain with gravity. And yes, I know about the general clumsiness issue with Asperger's. I have some of that too, I guess (stay away from sharp thingies).
Soooooo - I am curious whether it's just my natural klutz ability, or is it a facet of the ASpie thing?
My mind to your mind. Give me your thoughts. (OK, maybe not.)
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