Do you Have an "Autistic Gait"?

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I've been told I walk like "I'm the king of everything". I assume it's because I study body language and the "alpha male" posture is the one I choose as my standart.

In situations I don't know if it's appropriate, I use it as a default and some find it offensive, some find it weird and others just say it's very elegant.

Walking / standing differently has to do with your psychology. The way you feel shapes how you walk, thus standing differently will also affect how you feel.

Of course, someone who functions neurobiologically differently is also going to have different ways of standing and walking, as it isn't clear for them what each posture represents in an implicit social hierarchy.

You can watch Amy Cuddy's Ted Talk to have a sample of this.

PS: Still, I like to count my steps wherever I go to measure distances and time taken to get there, If I can space them slightly to take less steps, I will. I'm always looking around and up while I'm walking, instead of regular "looking where I'm going". I like to go up stairs 2 steps by 2 (I'm tall so it's no big deal) and I like to walk as silently as possible. These are traits I choose to keep, I'm comfortable this way.

Peacefully,
Dante.

Hm, I'm not sure. There was this one time my sister said I lift my feet strangely when I walk (I think she said "sideways") but no one else has ever said that.

It also has to do with your motor coordination and physical condition.

Not walking, but I've been told that I have the weirdest gait when running.

nope

I've been told by both of my friends and my mum that I walk with a march. I find it very difficult to walk normally.

My dyspeaxia effects my walking the most. Now my dad can usually tell when someone has autism, if it is pronounced enough, by the way they walk and move.

Every time I try to become aware of how I am walking I forget how to walk and it suddenly feels like I am a member of the ministry of silly walks. So I'm not really sure how I naturally walk.

I remember when I was younger I would always have my hands in my pockets because I didn't know what else to do with them. I've since discovered that I should be swinging them in an opposite motion to my legs. So left foot forward right arm forward. Then swap, right foot forward left arm forward.

I'm not (yet?) diagnosed, but I definitely walk in unusual ways.

I have a tendency to walk on my toes when I'm barefoot and, primarily, in new places. It doesn't happen at home, but I notice it when elsewhere, and I think it's possibly emphasised by me being in an uncomfortable environment or feeling anxious.

The rest of the time, I have a very 'bouncy' walk. People have commented on this. I don't look at my own walking enough to know what they mean, but it's always been like that. When people capture me on camera whilst I'm walking, I am leaning to the side excessively. Everyone else is always walking fairly upright, but if I'm caught on camera then I typically look like I'm about to fall over because I'm leaning so far to the side. I don't know exactly how this contributes to the 'bounciness'. I'm also told that I walk very quickly. This caused issues on my wedding day because I thought I was going as slow as possible, and apparently even with a conscious effort to go slow I raced down the aisle - the registrar commented on it. Though, my fast walk is possibly an overcompensation for being short and having to keep up with people with longer legs?

I've been told I have a "distinctive" walk but I never got further details or clarification on what they meant by that. When I was a child I toe-walked when in socks or bare feet, and when in shoes I remember distinctly choosing to try not to put the heel down first. To me it was just that I didn't want the heels to wear down.

That's how it's supposed to work? That seems to require a lot of thought and effort to do. It's so much easier just to keep my hands in my pockets. So NTs just do that naturally? Weird.

Actually... come to think of it, I often run short distances on my toes, especially up staircases. It seems easier for some reason. I don't think I walk like that, though.

I don't have a noticeably odd gait, but I do have minor hip alignment issues which cause one leg to swing around while stepping, so to speak.

Nope. My posture is all good actually.

But, I used to have certain motoric trouble when I was in school. learned to overcome most of it.
It's just a matter of confidence imo, like how "strange" you think you are, or if you even give a damn about what strangers think of you (not your friends/relatives obviously)..

I wonder why they think you're 13 though. Are you shaved clean?

I can tell very quickly I was at a movie and I saw someone stiming and then the dad say slow down after they had whent to the restroom so I know that he had autism as soon as I saw the stiming so yes I can tell but not if there are not obvious signs

My friends and their families when I was younger used to say I "walked and talked like a boy." Even while dating my now wife, her mother said I walked with a very strong swagger, and I don't think it's just because I'm butch. XD I have femme days, too, and I still walk with a swagger. Even in a dress. I don't know if it has to do with autism... but I just walk like that because it's how I'm comfortable.

I did walk on the balls and toes of my feet all the time as a kid though. XD

People used to think I looked very young for my age (like 13 or 14 instead of in the 20s,) but after raising a kid, I feel it's aged me a lot. I'm no longer carded at grocery stores when purchasing my wine. O.o