Aspies move a certain way

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Not all of them, but many of them have a unique movement pattern. A stiffness in the upper back, or a slight limp even though there isn't anything wrong with them physically (IMO is the result of the two halves of the brain not coordinating). It reminds me a lot of Edward Scissorhands.

I might have the upper-back stiffness, not sure.
Don't think I limp, though.

I normally walk sort of bent over...

I tend to walk stiffly. Robot-like, you could say. I don't swing my arms, and when they aren't glued to my side, their up against my chest, sort of curled up. I also have the stiff back, and I think it causes some of my leg pain (I can't walk too far whithout my legs going stiff, even though I'm in good physical shape).

I've been told I walk like ants.

Last Halloween, I wore a full-body costume and a few people said that they knew it was me from the way I walked. So I guess I have an odd gait or something. I'm not exactly sure "how" I walk, but it must be a little different.

In my experience I'd say it's probably caused by chronic social anxiety related stress, and that the stiffness fades away when my lifestyle changes to lots of "peace and quiet".

very true,
i too have nothing wrong with my legs but am actually feel more comfortable limping than walking straight,kind of a drag in my left foot and my upper back is alleyways spasmed.

I've always felt like I never learned how to walk properly. It's very difficult for me to move my arms "naturally" while I walk, so I usually stick my hands in my pocket, or just move one arm while the other rests on my messenger bag.

There is the asymmetry of the body that makes one side lean more than the other. The common characteristic of walking with a tilted head or running sideways is caused by this. You can tell if a baby might be on the spectrum by lifting him/her and seeing if they can right themselves up.

Plus, I read that many people on the spectrum have one leg longer than the other and this causes the hips to shift unnaturally. My right leg is slightly longer and I hadn't noticed it until I read that article. This could cause a curvature in the spine. It also explains why so many aspies are klutzes.
I trained myself to walk normally. But, I used to walk weird. The sideways thing still happens if I'm walking across a street or something and I feel people watching me. I get nervous and walk sort of hunched and turned. I hate that feeling, of being in the spotlight when I don't expect it.

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I toe walk, and as a result, my feet also go "reverse pidgeon toed". Sometimes when people describe me, they just say "the guy with the weird walk" and people instantly know who they're talking about. In my high school of about 4000 students, people would know who the guy with the weird walk was. I do musicals and stuff, and I sometimes am in the ensemble, and one day my friends came to see one of my shows where I did ensemble work, and they said they always could tell exactly where I was because of my walk. :[ My friends have also described my movements in general as awkward. The best way I can describe my walk and movements is penguin like. People throughout my life have told me I remind them of a penguin. ;_;

This is really a sign? I do this, but only when I'm really tired, distracted, or thinking really hard. But then, I've injured that leg several times, so I figured it was kind of just an old habit.

I don't know about my walk so much, but I run really weird. (seen it on tape.)

I have a little bit of an Edward Scissorhands walk. Slightly stooped upperback and shoulders, stiff gait, uncomfortable with arms and hands when they're not doing anything.

I saw a documentary where they scanned an autistic person's brain, and it was completely missing a part that connects the left and right side. That makes sense since a lot of us walk stiffly without that fluid movement between both sides.

I am not really sure if I walk any different. I know I used to stand different and my mother would try and get me to stand the right way. I don't know if I still walk that way. My mother also told me I walked stiff as a kid. But I think that all got fixed thanks to occupational therapy.


My mother has a leg that is longer than the other. She has to wear a cuff in her shoe to help her. She told me this back in sixth grade. Wow what are the odds of that? Someone having that and not be on the spectrum but I beleive she has traits of it.

This is called Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum.
Although I've never seen any AS person tested for this I've always considered it a definite possibility,
it is described as the meaning for the Savantic behaviour in Idiot savants...(ie Kim Peak, Daniel Tammet etc)

nurons stimilate my muscles causing them to contract.