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Well, the spammers are in. Hope someone can see this and provide an answer. It's not important, but an observation.

Ok, one of the tell tale signs of Autism is 'toe walking'

But, there are people who do the reverse. They lift the toes whenever they walk in something that has the flexibility. It's like they don't want their toes to touch the floor.

The feet are flat on the ground. The toes are lifted though.

Is this a thing?

I do that if my feet or legs are cramping.

I work with people on the heavy end of the spectrum and a there's a lad who does that..
There's also a lad who constantly has a spring in his step because he is on his toes....
So there may very well be something in it, but I would say that it isn't a given, because all the other lads I work with, walk perfectly fine.. ( unless of course I'm not paying enough attention!!..lol)

I ask because I was thinking of something the other day. My wife does that. She also cut the tags off all my shirts and hers always. She has to start from point a to point b to tell a story and you cannot interrupt her either.

But, it just made me wonder as I have seen it in other people. Not many though.

And, it's not a cramping issue as it's an all the time thing with the people I have observed.

LOL...well, me? I'm pretty much the standard rolling foot motion and walk quietly.

I wonder if all those years backpacking did that for me. When I was in my twenties. I would ride a bike to work. Tht stopped about two months in because as I got in good shape, I was literally bouncing in my walk. It was weird.

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I have never seen any toe walking. I only saw it once in a girl when I was eight and I wonder of she was autistic. I didn't know that then and I just assumed she was normal despite that she had a diaper on and she looked to be about my middle brother's age but when you're a kid, you're going to assume everyone is normal and everyone will look normal to you. She also didn't have shoes on. But I do walk on my toes sometimes when I am bare foot or going up the stairs.

But I have never seen any other ways of walking except for feet flat on the ground.

I walk on my toes all the time. I even run or skip on my toes.

In answer to original OP, i've not heard of opposite toe walking as an ASD thing.

If i am really excited i toe walk. Also on floors where i don't like the texture but for the most part i walk normally (though pretty quietly / gently).

I really can't walk either way, even if I wanted to. Not unless I actually enjoy what feels like all my body weight crushing down on my feet, plus I have the balance of a drunken waterfowl with an inner ear disorder.

I'm stealing that one. LOL I'm not that bad, but it is one funny description!

I walk on my toes a lot, and I'm no small or light guy so my gastrocnemius muscles have become rather large (to the point where it's noticeable) and because of it I have trouble fitting into ski boots while maintaining circulation to my feet.

Made me chuckle ^^
I have literally never- not even kids- seen another human soul toe-walk; that being said, I heel walk and toe walk all of the time. My parents hate when I do this, I have never even seen another autistic person do this!! I literally never see people do this, except me!
I do it because I like the different pressure distribution, and because I like working the different muscle group or because the floor feels weird.

My second wife toe walked severely. Her head bobbed like an excited sine wave her height would vary in stride.

The funny part? I thought it was cool. now, that was nearly 27 years ago though, so I knew nothing about it. Just thought it was cool.

Of course, she had great legs and feet and liked to show them. I liked to look.....a strange match...LOL exhibitionist and voyeur together....Sighhhh LOL