Motor skills include fine motor skills (manual dexterity, precision), gross motor skills (balance, strength, co-ordination, ball skills and agility), graphomotor skills (handwriting) and visuo-motor integration.
How a person with FASD might be affected
- Problems with fine motor skills include: holding a pen and writing, using scissors, and doing up buttons and laces
- Problems with gross motor skills include: trouble learning to ride a bike, trouble coordinating arms and legs when running, falling over more commonly than other kids
- Floppy or stiff limbs
- Delayed skills e.g. picking up and stacking blocks in a tower, making Duplo or Lego models