Do you toe walk?

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I still do as an adult, though randomly.

I still toe-walk when I'm alone, especially when I need to be mindful of my balance. I have very strong foot arches and calves and I tend to use them as well as my abdominal and upper-body muscles when I walk. I feel more energetic and in control of my body when I do this. When I'm sick or exhausted, I tend to drop this behavior and just plod along. Of course I'm intimidated to do it in public, so I imitate other people's walk.

I toe walk, but I can't remember if I did it as a younger child, so I selected the Yes, but not when I was a child as my option. That might not be accurate, though. I had certain behaviors when I was little that I don't remember doing.

I believe you are referring to lateral tibial torsion which can be a result or toe walking. This is why I try not to toe walk when I am thinking about it. I have "winking patellas" my knee caps face inward when my feet are parallel, and when my knee caps face forward my feet are like a wide V. Once I learned that toe walking and W sitting are known causes of this, I try to avoid them when it's on my mind. Yet toe walking is so much more practical for me it is less effort, I walk so much lighter and quieter, and 'normal' walking compared to toe walking is like a car with no suspension compared to a car with the best suspension money can buy. Every 'normal' step jams your lower leg into your ankle and toe walk steps just adjust the angle of foot to ankle during the step. So, you know, Pros and cons.

I toe walked up until adolescence. I had a very big wish to grow up to be tall and I thought that toe walking would help me achieve that goal.

I also have the feeling of more balance and control with toe walking. In fact this whole statement pretty much describes me.

I have toe-walked since I could walk. We have home movies of me toe-walking at around 18 months. I toe-walk 100% of the time when barefoot. I literally cannot walk "normally"/flat-footed while barefoot. It's alien to me. When I'm in shoes, it depends on the shoe whether I toe-walk or not. With some shoes, I switch between toe-walking and regular walking. With some types of shoes, it's impossible to toe-walk. When I first was told I might have Asperger's, before I got the official diagnosis, I had no idea that toe-walking was common in those on the spectrum. When I read that, it's basically what convinced my mother that I had AS. Lol. I do think it's a sensory thing, both with having more pressure on one part of your foot while having less total foot surface area having to be on the ground and feel things.

Yes, but am subtle about it.. Really only on hard surfaces such as hard wood floors when i have socks on or bare foot...

I never walked on my toes, but the bottom of my feet were round and I got orthopedic shoes right around the time I learned to walk. So I've been wondering lately if I would have walked on my toes if it weren't for the shoes, and if round feet are common with to walking?
Trying to get records, although records from 30 years ago just may not exist anymore.
Still have foot problems.

At home I go barefoot and often walk that way but not when I'm wearing shoes.

I still do - when I'm at home only though. Because when you get home, you can be anything you want. You don't gotta put on an act anymore. When I get home, I'm a goshdarn dinosaur! I wouldn't necessarily say that it's caused by whatever neurological condition I could be diagnosed with - I'm just weird.

I used to. I don't actually remember exactly when I stopped..

I was somewhat slow to start walking when little but when I did, I never walked on my toes. My sister did though, and she's not autistic.

The only time I stand on my toes is when I have to reach for something placed on a high shelf. I'm a short person, so it takes some stretching.

The only other time I've toe walked is when I was following my cats.

I mean people shouldn't feel that since they have autism they should also have such and such trait. People have come on here in the past and basically asked that since they don't flap their hands, toe walk, or whatever do they really have autism.

Perhaps toe walking isn't noticeable to the observer, because in my experience of having always been in a private school for ASD, it's not something I recall seeing anyone doing that. Except maybe little kids. Or maybe they do and I'm oblivious to it because I've been around it my whole life.

Not any more than the average person, I think. I only do it if the ground is especially hot/cold and I'm barefoot, or if there are things like broken glass or dog droppings I'm trying to avoid stepping on. I do, however, sometimes bounce up and down on my toes as a stim.