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17 Aug 2008, 2:03 pm

Hi,
I was wondering how having flat feet is connected to being an aspie?

I have flat feet..



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17 Aug 2008, 2:34 pm

Dunno. Don't think so. I have slim and small feet.



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17 Aug 2008, 2:40 pm

I am not talking about FAT feet but FLAT :lol:

http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt10347.html



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17 Aug 2008, 2:47 pm

Why the attempt to associate disabilities, deformities, and socially repugnant behaviors with Asperger's syndrome? As if we did not have enough of an issue just being Aspies...

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17 Aug 2008, 2:53 pm

i am not trying to associate anything with asperger. I gave the link of the subject which made e ask this question



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17 Aug 2008, 2:54 pm

http://www.rdos.net/eng/npf-survey.php



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17 Aug 2008, 2:54 pm

I have never heard of a link, perhaps you could post a poll about this? Personally, my feet are normal.

Magliabechi.



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17 Aug 2008, 2:58 pm

I will post a poll about it.
I dont believe there is a link, but on the "rdos" website they ask this question, so i thought maybe... lol



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17 Aug 2008, 3:05 pm

I don't think there is really any connection. Flat feet should not be seen as a recessive gene issue nor a disability linked to other disabilities. Flat feet is more associated with ethnicity as more darker skin people such as Native Americans and Hispanics are almost all flat footed. Its because we were made to be walking barefoot on the forest floor. Some doctors mistakingly believe flat foot is a fallen arch. But it is not fallen if you were that way from birth. If you have flat foot it is probably just a link from your ethnic past. Races that wore shoes tend to have higher arches because walking in shoes takes different muscles than walking barefoot.

If you feel bad about yourself just get some arch support insoles, feel good about being an Aspie and get on with it. Cheers!



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17 Aug 2008, 3:08 pm

I dont mind having flat feet.
It is intersting what you are saying about the ethnicity!! i didnt know that.



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17 Aug 2008, 3:17 pm

ghouna wrote:
I dont mind having flat feet.
It is intersting what you are saying about the ethnicity!! i didnt know that.


Feet are cool. My physical therapist says I have a foot fetish. So I don't mind talking feet. Actually its sneakers and socks I have an obsession with, but she calls it a foot fetish all the same.



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17 Aug 2008, 3:19 pm

Fnord wrote:
Why the attempt to associate disabilities, deformities, and socially repugnant behaviors with Asperger's syndrome? As if we did not have enough of an issue just being Aspies...

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Flat feet aren't really a disability or "socially repugnant". Actually, curious people WILL try to connect unusual traits.

That said.... For what it is worth.... I consider myself AS, and DON'T have flat feet.



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17 Aug 2008, 3:21 pm

i am disguteg by all the smallest toe (you know the one and the left of your left foot, and the one on the right on your right foot!)
I dont like them! I think we should cute them!

i dont have a foot fetish. i dont have anything fetish!!
lol

I only wear one type of shoes, it has to be flat, square at the toes, and cover the ankle (like the kickers!) sock has to cover the ankle. I hate having my ankle without having any pressure on them!



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17 Aug 2008, 3:23 pm

2ukenkerl wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Why the attempt to associate disabilities, deformities, and socially repugnant behaviors with Asperger's syndrome? As if we did not have enough of an issue just being Aspies...

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Flat feet aren't really a disability or "socially repugnant". Actually, curious people WILL try to connect unusual traits.

That said.... For what it is worth.... I consider myself AS, and DON'T have flat feet.



Thank you! lol.. I am curious, and i want to understand who i am... and as you said, being an aspie now is helping me to understand all my unusual traits! so, if having flat feet has a link with that, GREAT! if not: great too! lol



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17 Aug 2008, 3:48 pm

I have extremely high arches, as do my sisters and my kids. I don't think there is any connection.

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17 Aug 2008, 5:08 pm

I was under the impression that Asperger's had more to do with the opposite end of the body.


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