If you’re as old as me the only thing books ever mentioned on [behavior now correlated with autism] is that some kids do it but they’ll “grow out of it.”
This is what the doctor said when my kid was newer to walking and, well, the kid did. I didn’t do anything to intervene and, to the best of my knowledge, neither did my wife.
Of course not! So long as it’s not physically endangering them in any way (for example, if it damaged tendons; or I might discourage doing it on the stairs, though I don’t think that ever came up) or otherwise causing them problems, then I want them to be who they are. That includes whatever manner is comfortable for their walking.
If it had been, for some reason, necessary to push for it to change, the way to do that would be through whatever treatment was needed (presumably with at least the help of professionals), not through mockery.
I “grew out of it” when I got too fat to stay on the balls of my feet all the time. However I still do every so often; and when I sit, I often tuck my feet under the chair so that I’m resting on them… so maybe not entirely grown out of it…
I do that, too, when I’m in a shared chair. I think it’s because my feet don’t reach the floor in chairs that aren’t adjusted for my height. Also, I’m autistic, hyper flexible, and have poor proprioception, so sitting on my legs gives me good feedback on where my limbs are.
My office chair is a kneeling chair, and I tend to sit with my feet where the knees should go. (I swap into office slippers, so it’s not outside shoes on my chair.)
Not necessarily a sign; just a common quirk to have with the condition.
Not all toe-walking is related to autism: it can also be musculoskeletal or related to other psychological conditions; and at the same time, not all autistic people walk like this.
Man, even that was a sign!? Is everything I’ve ever done just textbook autism?
If you’re as old as me the only thing books ever mentioned on [behavior now correlated with autism] is that some kids do it but they’ll “grow out of it.”
This is what the doctor said when my kid was newer to walking and, well, the kid did. I didn’t do anything to intervene and, to the best of my knowledge, neither did my wife.
edit: Add missing gerund.
That’s awesome! Nobody should have to endure 10+ years of being called “twinkle toes” on the account of an unconscious behavior.
Of course not! So long as it’s not physically endangering them in any way (for example, if it damaged tendons; or I might discourage doing it on the stairs, though I don’t think that ever came up) or otherwise causing them problems, then I want them to be who they are. That includes whatever manner is comfortable for their walking.
If it had been, for some reason, necessary to push for it to change, the way to do that would be through whatever treatment was needed (presumably with at least the help of professionals), not through mockery.
I “grew out of it” when I got too fat to stay on the balls of my feet all the time. However I still do every so often; and when I sit, I often tuck my feet under the chair so that I’m resting on them… so maybe not entirely grown out of it…
I do that, too, when I’m in a shared chair. I think it’s because my feet don’t reach the floor in chairs that aren’t adjusted for my height. Also, I’m autistic, hyper flexible, and have poor proprioception, so sitting on my legs gives me good feedback on where my limbs are.
My office chair is a kneeling chair, and I tend to sit with my feet where the knees should go. (I swap into office slippers, so it’s not outside shoes on my chair.)
Not necessarily a sign; just a common quirk to have with the condition.
Not all toe-walking is related to autism: it can also be musculoskeletal or related to other psychological conditions; and at the same time, not all autistic people walk like this.