anybody with aspergers and also motorologic problems

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i have both autism (asp) and motorlogic issues :

need help for :
1)looking for the right clothing
2)shopping for clothing
3)making food (slice potatoes, etc)
4)getting ready in the morning (shaving etc)

so when i go to live on my own i need help, my mom helps me now

i wonder if there are other aspies with those issues

only thing i dont need help are my pc and my hobbies (cardgames pc, comics)

I'm not sure if this exactly the sort of thing you're talking about, but my best friend who has Asperger's has motor skills problems, such as with tying knots, chopping food, flinging rubber bands... things that seem to involve hand coordination. I think there are other Aspies with these issues too. With him, I have found that just showing him how to do it step by step and slowly will teach him how to do it... he just doesn't instinctively know how to work with his hands. I wonder if this is the same thing that you experience. If so, then I'm sure it improves with practice, it just doesn't come instinctively.

I seem to have issues doing all of those. I am physically able to do them okay, but for whatever reasons I bounce against some mental barrier. For food, if I have to do it myself, I like to settle on something I can just pop in the microwave.
For me often I get bogged down and bored at the thought of food preparation. Too many steps and I feel I have better things to do with my time than spend two hours preparing a fancy meal. I often wait until I am too hungry.

If I do try to cook, I tend to have trouble pouring and stirring. (especially full containers or wide mouth jars with liquid in them. I tend to spill or slop. Perhaps that plays into part of my lack of desire to cook? I also don’t like dropping things and feeling stupid because I can’t quite coordinate myself, but yet I can draw very well. Go figure. I think my fine motor skills (fingers and hands) are fairly good, but gross motor skills (such as moving elbows and arms) is less than ideal.


Trying on clothes - the environment may be too stressful (think Wal-mart w/ little kids running around tearing things down and screaming), and plus it's hard for me to want to try on different clothes. (Although once I start I can continue) I'm very picky and can't settle on something right away. It has to be comfortable, fit, look good and not be torture to wear. If there's an itchy tag, but otherwise everything fits, I may get it but the tag goes...

I have a hard time with shoes. I want to make sure I don't get sore feet by wearing the shoes. I'll wear them until I start to feel pain and note how long it takes. Then I go back and compare. The winner is the pair that takes the longest to make my feet sore.

I have the exact same thing. I can play complicated music and instruments, but then spill things and 'miss' openings etc. I have found that repitition helps, so tend to stick to making the same meals or meals that require similar actions. Mostly I am just resigned to having to clear up spilt stuff, or mending things.
Somewhere I read that you can get excercises to help with coordination. Just a particular range of specific mvts. I think it probably comes under the auspices of OT or physical therapy. Maybe it would help.