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Regarding the clumsiness, I think there may actually be some things there I'd overlooked. Occasionally I do knock things over - especially if I'm trying to be quiet or careful! I've also got what the doc calls a "benign tremor" which has resulted in many a cup of coffee being scattered all over the place over the years. However, that may not be related. I'm a strong swimmer and swam several miles using breast stroke and back crawl but could never learn the front crawl (freestyle) there are just too many things to coordinate - legs, arms, head and breathing. It baffled me why my peers learned easily but I just thrashed about in the water going nowhere. Related perhaps?
Aha! I haven't done any swimming for a long while, but I love swimming. However, I am only proficient when I swim on my back or on my side. I do a great side stroke and have never seen anyone else do it (except for my mom who had partial paralysis of her left arm) and I love the feeling of swimming on my back. It's like I can see where I've been and how much territory I've covered. But.....since I've only been self diagnosed for a year and not done any swimming in that time it never occurred to me that my swimming styles could be influenced by Asperger's and the inability to coordinate so many physical components. Very interesting observation, TallyMan.