Difficulty with Stairs/Escalators

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Just wondering if anyone else here has difficulty with stairs and escalators, in particular going down them. I find I have a lot of trouble trying to work out exactly where the step is. I can see it, I just can't work out where it is in relation to me, if that makes any sense. To go down stairs I usually have to grip tightly onto the railing and almost inch my way down. Even stairs I have gone down many times, I still have to take them very slowly and concentrate intently on what I'm doing.

With down escalators I have a lot of trouble getting on trying to work out where the "step" is so I don't land on the join. I remember having a meltdown as a small kid whilst out shopping with my Nanna because she was trying to get me to go on the escalator and it scared the living daylights out of me cause I couldn't work out how to get on. Even today, I avoid them if there is any other way I can get down.

Does anyone else have these problems?

Yes, I completely relate. Even with walking up stairs.

I'm also a bit nervous on escalators. I usually don't walk down until I know where the step is. I don't mind those ones without steps. I remember as a kid I would jump off because I didn't like that bump feeling when you got off. Or perhaps my brother told me I 'll be sucked up if I don't walk off fast enough.
I almost fell over backwards when I trip on an untied shoelace. It took me awhile to get back on an escalator after that.
I prefer taking the stairs whenever available.

when i was a toddler, i had massive difficulty with escalators. it wasn't until i was in my teens that i can use them properly (without the risk of stepping on and off them at the wrong time). i also find walking down the stairs/steps a little scary and will always have to hold on tight onto the bannister. i only just found out that on top of Asperger, i also have dyspraxia which may explain my difficulties with movements/balance.

I have similar difficulties. I was 19-ish before I had mastered escalators, and even now I'm insecure with them. Stairs make me lose my sense of where my lower legs and feet are; particularly walking up them.

Yes but only now with escalators.

I'm always very nervous when going down escalators that if I can I look for a different alternative. I can't walk down escalators, I just don't feel safe and when I go to the end I jump off.
I have to hold on tight to the banister so I have some sort of control and safety.

I'm the same way. I always get very anxious when going (especially up) escalators because I'm always afraid I'm going to fall. When it comes to steps, even the steps in my house, that I walk up & down all day long, scare me. Just hours ago, I nearly fell down the steps because it's as if I couldn't "see" or "tell" where the step was, even though I saw it right in front of me. (Hard to explain .) I feel like an old lady when walking up or down steps because I'm always grasping onto the railing, when others my age are just speeding up & down them like they're nothing. It's always been that way.

Fortunately, no.

I usually fine with stairs, provided I'm looking down at where I put my feet. With escalators, I sometimes have trouble working out the timing to get on and off, end up on a joint and have to quickly move, or occassionally I end up tripping. I think I must look a bit strange when moving between levels in public

Oh gods, my whole life...growing up my mother would tell me I was the only person she knew who could trip going up stairs.

Still a problem, and timely topic, as I tripped down 3 steps this morning.

I never had an issue with them and I have always loved them. I liked going for a ride. I also like going on them like if the stairs are going down, I get on it at the top and go down a little and then I run back up trying to get back to the surface. I find it so much fun. I used to do it at work when I worked swing shift but I got caught by the security one time and he asked me to not do it.

I have a lot of trouble with stairs and esculators. My preception is a little off, and it's awkward for me to look down. I also have an intense fear of heights.

I have to hold on to the rails when going down stairs because when I was child at school. Someone used to push me down stairs, and I had to hold on to rails ever since. I do not like escalators much as I always used to be a bit frightened of them when I was a child. I have to get my timings right and also hold on to the rails to keep my balance as well.

getting on and off bothers me still. Once I'm halfway up, I'm ok on escalators.

Stairs are a gray area for me. Some days I'm fine, some days it's as if I've never used stairs before. Sometimes I don't lift my feet up high enough so I trip or going down I slide my feet a bit so sometimes I will slide down three steps causing me to clamp onto the railings to escape a bottom injury.

My husband used to tease me about having to look at my feet when I went up or down stairs. Of course, now we know why I have to do that.

I just fell down the stairs at home during spring break last week. Fortunately, it was only the last three steps and not the entire flight. Had a bruised butt, but that was all.

At school and in my apt., I try to take elevators when I have my backpack on, am carrying a cup of coffee, have dress shoes on, etc. I am in very good physical condition and people probably wonder why I am being so "lazy," but I don't want to fall.

Getting on an escalator up or down is really awkward for me, stairs not so much because I've had a lot more practice and once I've gone down the first one the rest are automatic.

When I was about 7 I was going down the stairs and had to stop because everything got really shifty all of a sudden. It was my perspective. I had to sit. Ever since then stairs have been tricky.