Gait/walking ?

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I have a question about gait/walking. My wife used to say I walked funnily. I asked my stepdaughter tonight she said not funny but wobbly . I said 'like a weeble?' . She said 'No like drunk! Anyone else have gait/walking issues?

Well...hmm...my mother had always yelled at me for walking hunched over while looking grumpy all the time and would tell me to "Stand up straight and stop looking angry!". But nothing like having a bad leg or anything.

For me it's also the slumped posture while walking, staring at the ground or floor.

I don't think I slump,but couldn't say for certain.

I'm a little wobbly/awkward. I've definitely had my gait ridiculed.

My gait is definitely unusual, most notably for its deliberacy and pronounced slowness. I have pretty severe dyspraxia, impairments in proprioception and interoception, and vestibular issues. All of the above are shown to be common in autism. Not every autistic person has these issues, but it's definitely a known thing -- a search for articles on "proprioception autism" turns up many relevant results on proprioception and/or motor control in ASD. Even in the original descriptions of autism by Leo Kanner and Hans Asperger, respectively, motor clumsiness was mentioned as a common feature.

Regarding walking, I don't think my body/brain connectivity can be all there at times either, especially if I'm anxious. Often walk into things. I don't turn around or divert myself easily onto a different route and tend to plough straight through crowds. I don't do it to be rude... but if I start dithering, soon that's all I'll be able to do. Had far greater issues with walking in the past, though. Today I just have a general stiffness/mechanical quality to my walk, that I know I'm doing but can't help: it's maddening.

Unusual gait is pretty common amongst our community. I walk very fast, head down (avoids eye contact). I have been told I do a sort of fast lurch.

I've been told there's something weird about the way that I both stand and walk. People can't normally put their finger on what it is, but I think it's because I'm so deliberate about everything that I do that it reads as unnatural. Not sure though.

I get told a lot that I look odd when walking and standing. I walk looking at my feet all the time and I make unusual arm and hand movements while walking a lot of the time. When I stand, I usually rock back and forth a bit.

I was once told by an acquaintance that they spotted me in a crowd by the way I walked. When I pressed they wouldn't elaborate, so not sure specifically what they noticed.

A lot of people with autism have neurological motor dysfunction that makes their walking awkward.

I have some gait issues, but not walking issues. Or any motor issues at all despite having odd gaits and body language from time to time.
Yet, said gait issue didn't count for me maybe except additional movement. The worst case I have is time reaction and occasional spatial glitch.

I could look awkward, but performance wise isn't the case.
I could look confident and striding if I want to, and I do it naturally.
But if I went lax with little to take account for... Or very uncertain, confused (or if rarely anxious)... Anyone could've mistook me for a closer to classic case. Even with being lax, it doesn't usually affect my motor performance. Except when I'm very tired I'd just slow down.

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