Toe walking?

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I'm just curious to see if any other Aspies out there walk on their toes. I didn't know this was a common autistic thing until just recently. I've always walked on my toes. It's more noticeable when I'm barefoot or when I'm walking up steps. I can walk flat when I'm wearing shoes, although I do walk on my toes quite frequently when I wear tennis shoes because I have to wear flat tennis shoes- I can't stand that sole thing inside "normal" tennis shoes. Just wondering if anybody else is a "toe walker."
-OddDuckNash99-

I am. I haven't seen anyone else around here that was though. I read that toe walking is the "rarest form of gait abnormality" though, so I guess it's not surprise that I can't find others.

I walk on my toes all the time, especially when climbing stairs. My wife thought it was weird at first. She can't walk on her toes, it might be because she's has flat feet.

-Scott

Wow. That's really interesting! I also walk sort of strangely, with my feet turned inward. My feet always turn inward, even when I'm just sitting down. I guess toe walking is sort of out there. Despite all of my other obvious symptoms, the toe walking was what convinced my mom that that Asperger's diagnosis was accurate! lol!
-OddDuckNash99-

I walk with my toes always. I didn't know it was an autistic trait.

I noticed I do it a couple of years ago, when my sister told me: "Your way of walking is rare, I tried to do it and I'm tired". But I know I have more endurance in long walkings than a lot of NT's, also I have endurance when I play Pump It Up (the dancing machine).

I only do this if I'm walking up stairs. Huh, I always thought that it was because I'm pigeon-toed...

Always on my toes when walking upstairs.
Strange, huh? I'll look for it in my son tomorrow.

For what it is worth, I generally have about a 30 degree angle to my feet when walking upstairs. Is that not normal? I don't MIND walking on my toes, and could probably do it near all day long, but I usually walk pretty much on the foot. Walking upstairs IS different though.

BTW I did have a somewhat odd gait. It is mostly hidden now though. The idea of walking on my toes wasn't part of it though.

Steve

WOW! I had no idea this was labeled an aspie trait, I always assumed it was just a me thing

I notice it when I am standing in a queue as I mechanically keep lifting myself up of my heels and balancing on my toes then dropping down again in a repetitive rocking motion and the one thing I observed recently was that I was the only one in the queue doing it.

I do that sometimes also.

As a child I used to walk on my toes. My mum used to tell me off for it and tell me to walk properly and that it would damage my toes. My toes now curl under slightly and are a bit damaged but hey it doesn't hurt. None of it does. But I still walk with a bit of bounce, unless I'm wearing high heels because the bounce is already there.

no toe walking

My son walked on his toes until about 4, I'm pigeon-toed but don't walk on toes, my husband is flat-footed. I've seen other autistic children of various ages do it and heard/read it was a common trait.

I used to walk on my toes because it was just more comfortable strangely enough.. ended up having to break myself of the habit because of people thinking it was weird.

Both my autistic boys toe walk. I didn't know [at the time] that it was an indicator as both my brother and my husband also toe walk - hindsight is great! Cheers
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