Sensory and Motor Deficits
Children with FASD often show poor adaptation to sensory stimuli, such as light, sound and touch. Motor development difficulties, such as poor balance and coordination, tremours and clumsiness, can be seen across the life span. Young children may have visual and fine motor development difficulties resulting in poor eye-hand coordination, and delays and deficits in sensory perceptual integration. Even in adulthood, these visual-spatial motor skill deficits can be seen, especially when individuals are asked to do complicated drawing and writing tasks.