My ASD Child

“What tips might you have for an HFA child who is a bit clumsy and has sloppy handwriting?” Children with High-Functioning Autism (HFA) and Asperger’s (AS) are often physically awkward. Many have stiff, uncoordinated gaits - and struggle in games involving motor skills. Also, they often experience fine-motor deficits that can cause penmanship problems, slow clerical speed, and affect their ability to draw. Other coordination problems that children on the spectrum may experience include: difficulty moderating the amount of sensory information that their body is constantly sending them, and as a result, they are prone to sensory overload and anxiety fatigue due to so much extra energy being expended while trying to execute physical movements correctly low muscle tone moderate to extreme difficulty performing physical tasks  poor sense of direction  problems with balance  struggling to distinguish left from right Here are some tips for parents and teachers: 1.  Childre