There’s been information coming out that indicates having autism is quite common among ADHD people, and is significantly under-diagnosed, especially for people who got their ADHD diagnosis a long time ago.
Depends. How are you eating? Are you meticulously separating your food and eating it in a particular order? Do you break apart your tator tots into tiny bits, or do you pull the chocolate chips out of your muffins to eat them separately? Maybe you eat all the green veggie straws, then all the yellows, then all the orange ones, never deviating from that pattern?
It’s fascinating looking around the lunch room in a school for autistic children.
I think people like to take any symptom related to autism and just claim that anything similar is also a symptom. Like, “autistic people do X a lot so if you ever did X you’re probably autistic”. Not how it works.
That is simply not correct.
The development happened when humanity started walking upright. It had nothing to do with shoes.
So it is not more natural.
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.
I do this but only when I’m wearing sandals or am barefoot, if I’m in my boots I walking notably more on my heel. Seriously I have to swap the padding on them every once in awhile because I bore a hole in the damned things. I think it’s a balance thing.
non-ND people learn soon enough to not walk on their heels after living in a multi-storey house for a month. but sure, if you want to believe it’s unusual, i can’t stop you.
Autism
How come?
A common quirk of autism is putting pressure on the fronts of your feet (though rarely as high as this) while walking.
I do it a bit, but the only sign that I am is that my shoes wear down on the front faster than other people, while the heel generally stays intact.
I really need Lemmy to stop pointing out things I didn’t notice I have been doing forever and then telling me it’s an autism thing.
Do you eat food… Cause its a known fact that 100 % of autistic people eat food!
I know some who forget to do that
Eat? Autism.
Forget to eat? Also autism.
No forgetting to eat is ADHD
There are autists who don’t feel hunger
There’s been information coming out that indicates having autism is quite common among ADHD people, and is significantly under-diagnosed, especially for people who got their ADHD diagnosis a long time ago.
No no, nonononono… They meant “eat autism”. Like, the slang.
Hey! :(
I think it is more common among autists
Is that some you? Have you eaten since then?
Depends. How are you eating? Are you meticulously separating your food and eating it in a particular order? Do you break apart your tator tots into tiny bits, or do you pull the chocolate chips out of your muffins to eat them separately? Maybe you eat all the green veggie straws, then all the yellows, then all the orange ones, never deviating from that pattern?
It’s fascinating looking around the lunch room in a school for autistic children.
I think people like to take any symptom related to autism and just claim that anything similar is also a symptom. Like, “autistic people do X a lot so if you ever did X you’re probably autistic”. Not how it works.
I’m enjoying it, I feel like I’ve finally found my people
every once in a while I finally see a post that I don’t relate to, and I cling to those hard
And why is that?
There can be a few reasons. Sensory, coordination, neurological… Usually it simply feels more natural.
…pretending to have digitigrade legs…
to walk like animals who walk on their toes
I do not believe that is as relevant as you think it is.
There is a certain overlap between autistic people and furries/therians, but that is very much not usually the reason for this behaviour.
EDIT: usually
Never thought about that thanks for educagting :3
I don’t walk like this, but it is more natural. We would walk like that barefoot. Heel first is a shoe thing
Heel first walking is entirely normal on most flat-ish surfaces.
Heel first running quickly becomes painful on anything but soft grass, if you don’t have modern shoes.
Yes, I confused it with something I saw about running
That is simply not correct. The development happened when humanity started walking upright. It had nothing to do with shoes. So it is not more natural.
You are right. I was also talking about which part of the foot hits the ground first
I understood what you meant, I’m just saying heel first is not a shoe thing. It’s a walking upright thing.
Furry
TIL 196 hates furries
I think the person just listed another reason, walking somewhat like a digitigrade creature.
(I see their comment just got downvoted so far.)
Oh, makes sense, thanks
Thank you.
Oh wow, and?
Tf you mean and?
Usually when someone says “furry” without context is pointing out the other user is a furry, happens too often
!196@pawb.social
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.
I do this but only when I’m wearing sandals or am barefoot, if I’m in my boots I walking notably more on my heel. Seriously I have to swap the padding on them every once in awhile because I bore a hole in the damned things. I think it’s a balance thing.
that explains why I keep getting wear on the fronts of my shoes holy shit
Do you have a source/name for that? I would love to read up on this
Just “autistic toe walking”. I myself have no sources, sadly, but it’s widely reported and documented.
Thanks!!
My shoes get worn down similarly because I have high arches and long ass toes, “tingers”. The middle arch never touches the ground.
Finding the right shoes suck ass. I’ll get holes in the top and bottom of the front unless I have proper arch support.
Plus side I’m very silent when I walk because there is less contact. So I’ve spent a lifetime scaring the shit out of people on accident.
Depending on where you live, your insurance might cover (semi) orthopedic insoles.
I should check that out. Would be nice to wear some fun shoes. The arch support ones are always boring.
I have a habit of sneaking up on people like this, too; and yeah, not all toe-walking is related to autism, just as not all autistic people do this.
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non-ND people learn soon enough to not walk on their heels after living in a multi-storey house for a month. but sure, if you want to believe it’s unusual, i can’t stop you.