Can't walk right?

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17 Apr 2008, 2:48 pm

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I have a friend who said that when she was observed it made it harder for her to walk, but she wasn't sure it was anxiety.

This is true. And putting too much thought and analysis into "walking right" for whoever is watching is very distracting for me. I would tend toward missing a step or overcompensating. I'm sure it's very entertaining for the person who is watching.

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17 Apr 2008, 3:08 pm

Hahaha, I'm very pigeon-toed, I can turn one foot so far in it goes backwards!

I also walk very awkwardly, like I kinda lean forward with my top half so my butt sticks out a bit... it's like my legs can't keep up with my body. I can't swing my arms very well either, I'm happier with rigid arms. I always trip over too, and I have no spacial awareness which means I walk into things and people all the time too! This just all gets worse when I'm around other people because I realise how silly I look, so I try to walk with my feet straight, which either makes my knee tendons strain and I end up limping too, or I just look ever stupider. :lol:

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17 Apr 2008, 3:56 pm

Yeah, I definently experience this.

It's annoying. Can't really describe it though.

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17 Apr 2008, 4:13 pm

Yes.

With some boys/men. Eww.

I don't want to be seen as a piece of meat on legs but I don't want to get all chirpy with them either.

Automatically I then start walking awkward, as if I were not used to my body.

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17 Apr 2008, 4:47 pm

It's very annoying to have to walk in front of other people, or especially get out of a chair in a public place because I seem to forget how to move properly. I'm not even that awkward usually. Mostly it happens during school lunch.

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17 Apr 2008, 5:03 pm

I wish we could, within my lifetime, find out PRECISELY what happened! I swear, I keep seeing so many hear that seem to describe me EVEN as they are merely describing themselves! Considering that some things are things I have been ridiculed for, etc... I know they are RARE! MAN does this make me curious!

The deal with swinging the arms is something I got ridiculed for when I was in highschool. I sometimes STILL don't do it quite right.

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17 Apr 2008, 5:14 pm

2ukenkerl wrote:

Liam wrote:

Hi, I just registered because I found this thread in a google search. I know exactly what everyone is talking about. Is this symptom a direct sign of Autism or Aspergers? Or is it something that can effect anyone but is prevalent with Autism and/or Aspergers? Thanks

I know it could happen from other things, but it IS a symptom of autism or AS.

This is ANOTHER thing I never thought was tied to other differences I had. Sometimes it seems like I have to think about a lot of different things(Am I stepping consistently? Am I standing at a up so I would be at a 90 degree angle to the floor if it is level? etc...) This is ODD, because I do some things BETTER than many! I can walk from one end of a 747 to the other in a STRAIGHT line during moderate turbulance and a slight climb or dive without touching ANYTHING, for example! Still, sometimes I seem to have MORE trouble walking on terrafirma than almost anyone else, sometimes! BTW the last time I had problems with this was like 12 hours ago!

Well, after making that post I looked up aspergers and high functioning autism, and now I have accepted that it is quite likely I have one of the two. I have a really high IQ, socially akward, and almost all the other symptoms listed. Although, after reading that page, I feel like a lot of people I know also have one of the two, and that I am not alone.

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17 Apr 2008, 6:00 pm

Liam wrote:

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Well, after making that post I looked up aspergers and high functioning autism, and now I have accepted that it is quite likely I have one of the two. I have a really high IQ, socially akward, and almost all the other symptoms listed. Although, after reading that page, I feel like a lot of people I know also have one of the two, and that I am not alone.

You must be in a nice place. I think most of the people where I work must have IQs that are normal at best.(There is an entire department, that I thankfully don't have to deal with much, that most people agree is full of idiots!) It is SICK! AND, of those I consider to be more intelligent, most don't have enough apparent symptoms to make me think they have AS, etc...

Who knows though! ONE has a daughter that is HFA! Her daughter is in the math club, and apparently pretty smart, but she earlier had communication difficulties, etc... so I don't think many would consider her AS.

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17 Apr 2008, 6:06 pm

Ya I change my walk sometimes. Most people don't because they aren't thinking anything like that as they walk.

Some with AS do walk and run with awkward gaits. Its not a 'symptom' but it is a very common occurance.

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