is never looking where you are going an AS trait?

[misdee]

we will soon be back on the road to dx with dd2.

i am at my wits end with her clumseyness. its not her fault i know, but feel like i am constantly shifting her out of peoples way when walking as she just isnt aware of others. tonight she has smashed a dog bowl by not looking where she is going. she walks into walls, doorframes, tables etc etc.

i just dont know how to deal with this. i cant expect her just to know when 8yrs of 'correction' and trying to teach her about it hasnt worked. but she is a danger to herself and others.

We tried the scooter, but strangely he never really got the balance thing and kept falling off. When he concentrates/focuses - he does ok on the bike. I also think that he wants to fit in his peer group and tell them that he went cycling at the weekend etc
Maybe its like your car /bicycle thing? Maybe he concentrates more on a task when there's more co-ordination to think about and he can't get so distracted?