Motor skills are the ability of an individual to successfully complete a physical task that requires the coordination of the muscles of the body. Motor skills are broadly divided into fine motor skills and gross motor skills. Running, jumping, walking, crawling, etc. are the gross motor skills whereas writing, eating, drawing, etc. are the fine motor skills.
As you know an autistic child faces a lot of difficulties in some kinds of work whether it is reading or drawing or simply playing with a ball. We cannot say that all autistic children face the same kind of difficulty while doing an activity and so we have to analyse the areas where a child is weak. Some children might be excellent at dextrous activities like writing and drawing while some may face difficulty even while holding a mug.
The first step is to see as to which activities your child faces difficulty in. The next step is to learn about the various activities and exercises that can improve the motor skills of your child. Autism does limit a few of the brain activities but also sharpens some of them. Hence it is important to recognise your child’s abilities.
There are a number of activities that can help you improve fine motor skills of your child:
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