What's an autistic walk?

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This week at school someone from class told me I have an 'autistic walk' at first it didn't make sense to me but then I read that people with autism walk differently because of sensory issues, the way I walk is a hunched back and my hands are just down and never moving. How do most of you walk?

I walk with my arms in tight- fingers touching in front of me, elbows bent half way. If I'm wearing a full kanga pocket hoodie- then my arms are in there, but the fingers are the same. My head is all over the place or super still- depends on my mood.

I don't know about 'autistic walk'... this sounds like another 'all autistic' fallacy.

I was told a similar thing recently! When I being filmed for ITV Wales, I was asked to walk uown the town & turn left. When I did this, the dude who was recording me said I was walking i a very 'autistic way'. I was walking in a very straight line and then when I turned left, I turned ibn a very direct & straight way. Apparently, this isn't the way people normally walk, but I didn't realize that. Seemes kinda strange that even the way I walk is 'autistic' like.

I have a walk. I don't know if it's an "autistic walk" as such, but people have commented on my walk before.

Personally, I don't have a problem with the way I walk.

Yes, there's an autistic walk, and not swinging your arms is one sign (typically people swing the arm slightly to counterbalance the motion of the opposite leg when walking.) Slouching is another sign (due to low muscle tone or simple the desire to shade the face from bright light and eye contact.) Some autistics have a bouncy walk caused by toe-walking. Others are perceived as robotic in their movements. It's what they mean by "odd gait" in the diagnostic literature.

Slouching and keeping hands together. If my hands are clasped, I keep them either down in front of me or behind my back. I mostly, however, keep them tight together and up against my upper chest while fidgeting.

All the autistic children/teenagers/adults I have seen walk normally.
I can't identify any abnormality in their walking by looking at them walk.

I prefer a silly walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZlBUglE6Hc

I walk normally. I used to walk with my back hunched when I was a teenager, but I've seen a lot of teenagers walking quite funny. But as I've become an adult I've taught myself how to stand up straight and move my arms as I walk, and now it just comes naturally. Even close friends and relatives that I trust have said that I appear more confident than I used to, which is nice to know. That's why I still get confused when I catch people in my periphery gawping at me like I have 2 heads.

Oh dear someone beat me to the UK goverment's ministry of silly walks (MoSW),

I have heard that some people with autism walk a bit differently to the NTs but the problem is that within the autistic community there is a great variation in the way that people walk.

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Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

I walk like a cartoon gorilla.

I walk choppy, with short quick little strides. I have even caught myself walking with one hand balled up into a loose fist and tucked under my chin Not sure why, but at the time it just feels comforting. When I do that I'll have my head down - my back will be straight but my head will be tucked downwards over my fist, looking down at the ground.

Or if my heart's racing from the POTS I'll fidget with my little locket as I walk - clicking it open & shut over & over as I walk. Then I force myself to slow down but I still click it till I get home.

I've noticed when I turn a corner I turn sharply and directly. I do this at home walking down the hallway and turning towards my room as well. Kind of robotic-like. Or military-like. Perhaps because my sense of balance is so poor and I've bumped into doorframes and corners so often that I make a sub-conscious effort to be precise so that doesn't happen....

Does any of that sound like an "autistic walk"? I'll bet the head-down-tucked-over-a-fist does!

Don't swing your arms and look at the ground.

That's the main one (I suppose the other is walking on your toes, but I haven't seen that other than in kids and the odd sing/song type female).

Now I just remembered one person who walks really weird, and he is pretty autistic.
But I also know a few other people who walk weird, and they are NT.
I think they have flat feet that causes weird gait.

I've been told many times that I walk like a soldier - like I'm marching. I tend to put my head down though (but hey, I live in Australia - you've got to keep an eye out for those snakes!)
I also walk very fast - a lot of people tell me to slow down when I'm walking with them.