Does anyone have problems with going down stairs?

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We had my daughter go up the stairs like a dog with her hands and feet. Going down, she used her hands too. Like going down a ladder. I hope that makes sense. I guess you could call it crawling up and down the stairs. She's an NT, and eventually master them.

We had a horrible with illusion steps. The stairs that have openings and you can see through them. It took us two years before she'd willing go up them without screaming. It was almost a phobia.

bare or sock feet or moccasins with soft souls,, feel ground, most secure walking way,
hard shoes not feel ground

might using a seeing eye cane help, tap step, each one before stepping down,

escalators scary, vibrations,
moving, moving, and
fears can be getting sucked in or caught in moving part and
not able fast enough or judge getting on or off etc.

stars with holes, scary, falling through fears can be,
not secure feeling , open stairs, and fear of high places not secure feelings

floor grates too, open places scary feeling, can ,

some things might scaryer because, thinking, feeling not physical body, thinking , feeling energy body, or spirit body what called... and that can go places physical body too big for going, like down open drains, toilets and etc.

Going down stairs I get vertigo.

Stairs were not a problem for me until a few years ago, so for me it may be age-related burnout.

At work we once had a fire drill that required walking down 14 flights of stairs. I became very dizzy. After that I had to let our emergency response squad know to start including me in the group of disabled requiring special rescue.

Must take steps slowly as have unstable balance after stepping.

Yes. I have to hold the railing. Going up isn't a problem.

I have a roommate who's certainly not on the spectrum and also has issues with escalators - up or down. I think it is a depth perception issue though, rather than coordination. And maybe fear of the "chewing" appearance of the ends where the steps get "swallowed" up.

Myself, I have had the occasional incident where (on regular staircases) I thought there was an extra step, or forgot about a step, and stumbled. And I've often not lifted my leg high enough going up, and caught tip of foot on edge, went hands first into the following steps.

But I guess I'm one of the lucky ones who hasn't gotten more than a skinned palm, and never developed a terrible fear or distress.

I do (as another poster mentioned they do) have to turn my body sideways, and go down two at a time (unless there's the odd numbered last step, where I pause and count "1" before going)... Thump thump. Thump thump. I think the need to be sideways is because I usually see stairs as not being deep enough for my feet, and long ago realized that Going down sideways does two things:

1/ Gives my foot a full length surface when it lands, not a half (I land on balls of feet, not heels)
2/ Means that if I fall, I'm falling against the wall, not downhill.

I also have to move on down escalators, unless there's a crowd. If I stand still, I always feel like I'm moving faster than the stairs do... and need to get down before I tip.

I used to have problems walking down stairs when I was a kid....the way I'd walk down would be to put one foot on the step below, then the other, pause, then repeat the process one foot at a time. It just never occurred to me to simply walk down with one foot in front of the other the same way as if I were walking on a flat surface. I actually had to practice walking down stairs with one foot in front of the other until it became force of habit. I still find myself walking down stairs the old way, sometimes, though.

I was actually scared of escalators when I was a kid - I was afraid my tiny feet would get stuck in the slats and I'd get pulled in and get chewed up. I didn't feel safe riding escalators by myself until I was at least 8 and a half.

I got problems going up and down stairs. Let's see...

- Stairs with railings: No problem while holding railing.

- Stairs without railings: Slowly step by step and I wont fall.

- Stairs without railings while carrying something: Instafall.

- Escalators: AGAIN! AGAIN! I love escalators.

Odd. I've never had difficulty with using stairs, since I go back and forth really quickly.