Walking on tiptoes?

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I often find that whenever I'm barefooted, I almost always walk on my tiptoes. And I feel very uncomfortable keeping my feet flat on the ground.
Do other AS people have this habit?

Yes! My son, 8, AS, has walked on his tiptoes, ESPECIALLY when barefoot since he started walking. His OT said it was a sensory issue. It doesn't bother him or anyone else for that matter, so I just let it be. This is interesting to me since I have also been told that kids ( I guess adults too for that matter) have poor balance. This would challenge that theory.

I have walked on tiptoes since I was a kid. I have heard it was an AS trait, especialy if it is habitual and children who do it as small children don't grow out of it....BUT I have also heard that this is not always necessarilly so...(the AS connection..i mean...)
It can also be connected to cerebral palsy...which i am pretty sure I don't have...

I am a pretty staunch toe-walker...can practicly only walk on toes when barefoot....have pretty tight ligaments ect....I do try to stretch though and it is not impossible to walk flat-footed

I was teased in school alot for it...I was in the third grade and everyone was calling me "tippytoes"...I was hardly aware I was doing it...it went along with alot of other ways in which I was akward and "abnormal"

I went to see a foot doctor when I was in Jr. High...he reccomended some sort of drastic surgery, but I think he was just trying to scare me into walking flat-footed....didn't work...

bumping this thread 'cause I wanna hear from more toe-walkers...comeon..I know you're out there!

I am not an habitual toe walker, but part of my pacing can include toe walking and a few other tics. I put mine down to having high arches and therefore completely flat foot walking feels wrong.

Never done it.

I know it's an autism thingy, but that's it.

I have told this story long enough ago that I can tell it again..

um...when I was a kid, i would go to the neighbors house down the street..(i was slightly outgoing and would always visit peoples houses, somewhat oblivious to the fact that they did not necc. like having me around).....anywhoo these particular neighbors had a baby daughter, and she kinda had an "odd" way about her...would always hold her arms stiffly out at her sides like a cabbage patch kid and often seemd rigid and unhappy(sensory issues?)...Anyway, i sorta bonded with her a little bit, i could make her relax and cheer up..she always seemed happy to see me....so when it became apparent that she was a toe-walker, her parents were resentful of me, saying that she learned to walk that way by mimiking me (i must have been 8 or 9 at the time)
I wonder how the little girl turned out....

Not always, but I have tendencies towards it. I do it, I think, because it's quieter and I can maneuver better around obstacles.

And I still have lousy balance.

I've never walked on toes. I have another type of walking.

I walk on the outer brink of my feet when I'm barefoot. I suppose that it's also some kind of autistic thing? Though rare obviously.

Got me sent to a specialist as a baby too. Fortunately, they concluded that nothing was wrong with me whatsoever.

I tiptoe sometimes, but only when barefoot.

Only when I am barefoot. My sister walks on tiptoe regardless and has done so since she began walking. We are trying to get her to stop because she is making her toes look odd and complaining that they hurt sometimes. If it weren't for that we'd just let her.

I like walking barefooted and sometimes in the summer I go barefoot outside on the pavement with a friend. When I do this I often find it difficult to make myself walk flat-footed, even when I think about it. However, if I'm on grass or in the house, I walk flat-footed.

I was a toewalker as a kid, I've been told, but I don't remember.

I used to do it a lot more than I do now. The thing is, I remember making the conscious decision to start walking on my toes when I was six or seven, though I suspect it was just a sort of realization of the way I already walked. As many others have said, I only do it when barefoot. Now I can walk heel-toe while barefoot, though it makes me nervous of sharp things on the ground. My feet were tough as a kid but now, not so much. The only time I really still walk on my toes is in my kitchen, where I step from tile to tile (avoiding lines) by walking on my toes. It still feels natural and comfortable, though, and my calf muscles and Achilles tendon are incredibly tight and strong. As a result of that, walking heel-toe always feels like I'm stretching, and if I don't pay attention I start bouncing when I walk.

Most of my family on my mothers' side do this. 'Short tendons' is the medical opinion. I am the least affected person, my brother (definately not AS) is the worst.

Sora said:

Maybe it's rare. I don't know. But it is definitely something I do, especially if the surface is not a source of stimming for me (a smooth, clean wood floor feels really great flat-footed).

I also know that I curl me feet under sideways when I am in a chair, especially at a desk or table. The outer rim of my feet is against the floor and the sole point more up than down. I also often stim by rubbing the outer rim of my feet against smooth surfaces.

I'd love to know if others do any of this.

PS. I only occasionally toe walk.