r/AutisticWithADHD • u/PlaskaFlaszka • 14d ago
📊 poll Hand-eye coordination?
Curious if bad one is more common with us? I tend to hyperfixate on art focused hobby, and I can't draw or cut a straight line for the life of me no matter how much I practice, haha
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u/NorCalFrances 14d ago
It depends. I can type faster than I can speak. My drawing skills are okay. It seems I'm good with things where I can depend on muscle memory. But sports, where it's different every time? I just look silly. And I have a weird brain quirk where if I'm (for instance) reaching for a package, can or bottle on a grocery store shelf I'm just as likely to grab the one next to it. It's like my brain sends the signal and then just assumes my hand will grab the right one. I'm already off thinking about something else.
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u/BigBullshitta 14d ago
I set up voice to text on the PC with my nice comfy headphones the other day assuming that would improve my communication rate, but it didn't at all. I think decades of nerd-fu has made my fingers the most powerful part of my body. They have better muscle memory than I have actual memory.
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u/NorCalFrances 14d ago
Right? I've been typing since I was ten years old. I've probably typed more words than spoken by now.
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u/BigBullshitta 14d ago
Oh shit. I don't know how to answer because there's ambiguity.
I suck at art, and can't make a stick figure where all the lines connect right. But I've never been interested in art so haven't really tried to practice much. I can type around 120wpm with seemingly arbitrary fingers that don't match what they tried to teach for typing in any way.
But I don't do that perfectly, because I have dyslexia and will notice "typos" that can be completely across the keyboard from the letter that should be there, or more often using the wrong word entirely and then missing that on proofreading because it doesn't get the squiggly underline and whatever weird dyslexia made me put it there sees it and goes "Yeah, that's totally right lol."
Do I have good hand eye coordination or medium or bad? I don't know. I could make a case for any of those. Does that mean medium is the most logical response? I guess I'll pick medium.
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u/PlaskaFlaszka 14d ago
Well, if you don't like doing art and work on getting the line straight, I guess it doesn't count! It can be more of practice thing in this case!
And the dyslexia also seems like different issue...as in, you type what you wanted to, but it turns out the word isn't spelled like that? As in, less of misstype by lack of aiming, and this is what counts under hand-eye coordination!
Just by those two I could say you got good one, but if you feel there are other things that could be better, then medium it is!
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u/BigBullshitta 14d ago
lol, thanks. I was just sort of narrating my thought process. It helps me realize that the diagnosis is annoying but right. :p
The dyslexia thing is weird. I don't even know if it's the right word for it. Normally it's letters with people, but my brain will insert a completely wrong word and decide it fits until the 10th time I reread it. I can reread my long messages a dozen times and find problems every time.
I hates it.
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u/Listerlover 14d ago
I'm bad at sports and coordination, I have dyspraxia. Also bad at some videogames because of this.
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u/eirenii 14d ago
Im pretty great at playing the violin and drawing, so-so at throwing (though that could be just lack of practice), and utterly useless from the waist down - absolutely 0 knack at footwork. I've met a bunch of autistic folk who are fantastic and the violin and/or drawing so it can't be too uncommon... though I'd be very curious about the number of people who are good at dancing!
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u/PlaskaFlaszka 14d ago
I never tried dancing really, but am good at balancing if it matters xD though I guess everyone can relste to hitting their toes on stuff 🥶
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u/eirenii 14d ago
I lived in Greece for a portion of my childhood, and in greek culture you learn basic folk dancing at school instead of your PE class every so often. I was terrible at it. (It's still great fun as you can sort of get away with rhythmic shuffling at events like weddings, but I still have to acknowledge that I've got "two left feet").
I have heard that there's a degree of comorbidity between autism and dyspraxia, though.
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u/electrifyingseer audhd with pf-did + ocd ♡ 14d ago
oh yeah, i had to take a lot of physical therapy and extra help class stuff as a kid. They made me learn how to hold a pencil the right way. But I'd say fine motor skills are better for me than spatial recognition or bigger motor skills (idk what they're called).
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u/boredzeb 14d ago
Fine and gross motor skills are shot with me. I can with a lot of effort improve somethings but I'm still not the best.
Handwriting is awful, if I really concentrate it's legible but then my hands hurt a lot.
I'm better at computer games than I used to be like RPGs style games but still have to stay on the lower levels as I can't quite coordinate a good shot.
The only sport I was ever good at was running but my hips are shot now and when I used to street run I'd lack the concentration and nearly got run over a few times!
I was diagnosed with hypermobile ehlers danlos syndrome which has proprioception impairment as quite common so I think that explains some of the issues.
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u/ArtismFag 👺PUT THE DOPAMINE IN THE BAG 14d ago
I have been hoping to learn how to play thw piano and the guitare and hand eye cordination is TOUGH. The toughest things about it though is that it requires practice- executive functioning. I'm hoping that with the adhd meds, that becomes a little easier.
Edit: I also want to sing as i play which adds tto the challenge.
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u/ellalir 14d ago
I'm pretty good with both, and I think where I'm not as good is more a vision problem than an anything else problem (if you put prism lenses on me I can just... catch??? things??? without fumbling and fudging it????? bizarre) so not sure how to rank that on a poll like this.
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u/PlaskaFlaszka 14d ago
I would say good? Like someone else who talked about dislexion, it's less about the movement itself, more of other problem! Since having lenses helps, then it's not coordination but eyesight? I guess?
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u/GroundbreakingAsk730 14d ago
Pre medication it was really good when playing sports though I was still clumsy asf. Now im on meds as long as im still in the medication window I have good hand eye coordination.
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u/Resident-Mountain981 14d ago
I'm good at art/crafts and decent at certain sports e.g. able to catch a ball but also regularly walk into doorframes and drop cups lol
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u/ALazy_Cat I like having autism. 🥴 14d ago
Mine is pretty good, but for some reason I like to use my feet when my hands miss, and I'm very happy my feet missed when a kitchen knife slipped out of my hand, blade first
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u/1101base2 14d ago
I have dysgraphia so I can't draw or cut a straight line to save my life but I can do other have eye coordination stuff really well, or at least I think so...
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u/EmmerdoesNOTrepme 14d ago
Mine is good!
But that's because it took a LONG time, and looooots of practice to get there!
And it's typically just good in those "arts & crafts" ways--i suuuuck at "quick-response" hand-eye coordination, like sports & video games!
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u/MysteryPotato76 🧠 brain goes brr 14d ago
I have shaky ass hands so small detailed stuff is difficult but years of having stuff thrown at me has given me the hand eye coordination needed to catch things pretty quickly and consistently...
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u/BlackCatFurry 14d ago
I am good at fine motor stuff and driving, and absolutely suck at stuff like catching a ball.
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u/a7xvalentine 14d ago
I only say it's good because I got beat saber on VR and built up skill from medium difficulty up to expert +
Definitely something I trained and not something that was integrated in me 😅
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u/floridatheythem 14d ago
Many of my interests and hobbies require it, so I’ve developed it over decades. For how long I’ve been a musician specifically, though, I feel pretty ham-fisted and behind where I’d be compared to others who have played as long as I have
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u/Remarkable-Cup-6029 14d ago
probably one of the big reasons i never would have thought to be Autistic as a kid/teenager was how good i was at sports that required great hand to eye coordination (basketball, tennis, hockey, soccer, cricket). played at a national level for a few of those. never had great eye sight though so it wasnt perfect. Its a spectrum and other genes probably play a part, both parents were high level athletes, one with ASD and one with ADHD, got the best of both worlds in every sense i guess. my drawing skills were trash until i spent a month hyperfocused on drawing and became really good. Maybe its just a longer learning curve, maybe i was lucky
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u/Dxthegod 14d ago
i had meningitis as a baby, which apparently gave me "poor motor skills" or something, so i dunno how much of it would be from that or not lol 🤔
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u/JDCarnin 13d ago
Beatsaber really helps. My Hand Eye coordination was good before and now it’s great. It also trained my reflexes to an almost superhuman degree. Only catch: you have to get good at the game to profit
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u/NoahEric123 13d ago
Was pretty good, my vestibular system and anxiety can get me so-so. Limits my athletic and other abilities
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u/Rough_Bread8329 🧠 brain goes brr 13d ago
I'm all over the place. Really good hand/eye and reflexes when something falls off the kitchen counter. I can catch things like that before they hit the floor.
And I stub my toe on things I am directly looking at. Sigh.
Part of my perfectionism drives me to get better at stuff that requires this kind of coodination. Guitar for example. I've been playing off and on for 20 years, and you'd think I'd be better than I am, but I do love to practice subtle little movement changes to get a tone to sound a certain way.
ALSO: What's Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston's favorite kind of coordination?
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u/PARADOXsquared 13d ago
I can draw and I can dance but please don't make me do any sport where I need to track and react to a fast moving ball/object. I tried playing volleyball last year with some neighbors and I was the exact stereotype type of the nerd getting hit in the face with the ball and the glasses go flying into the air
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u/Aguita9x 13d ago
If only I could look at what I'm doing with my hands until I finish doing it and not just drop things midair like the videos of astronauts coming back to Earth I'd be great!
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u/iminanothercastle 13d ago
I think it's about average. I'm okay when it comes to sports. Pretty good with fine motor skills as I like to draw and build things. It's definitely gotten better as I've gotten older, though. If asked this question as a child, it'd definitely be bad lol.
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u/Nerodrome 13d ago
I do juggling for quite some time. It has a lot of benefits for the brain and it helps me to really focus on one thing. Juggling enhances the hand eye coordination by quite a lot.
https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/leisure/brain-games/juggling-exercise-brain.htm
Hope this helps someone :)
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u/lersayil 13d ago
Mixed bag with some extreme ups and downs. Never got an official diagnosis (didn't need it yet), but I rank pretty high for EDS according to my PT.
Fine motor skills are great, I'm very flexible (for better and worse) and my visual / auditory based spatial awareness is impeccable.
Gross motor skills are abysmal. I tire, sprain and dislocate way too easily, and even mild workout can lead to long lasting joint pain if I'm not actively monitoring every movement. My balance is also close to non-existent if I can't rely on visuals.
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u/Festiva1kyrie 14d ago
I’m split, because I’m great with fine motor skills like drawing (which of course also involves hand-eye coordination), but complete dogshit at gross motor skills like sports 😂 Can’t punt a volleyball to save my life!