6 Reasons Why Autistic Children Toe-Walk
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I walked on my tiptoes for years, and sometimes still do. It didn't hurt my foot development. I remember why I walked on tiptoes as a child: it was because it felt comfortable and good. Also sensory issues, b/c I didn't like the feeling of floors.
Same! I hated touching carpet! Omg I’m so happy to find this comment 💜
Same! I hated touching carpet! Omg I’m so happy to find this comment 💜
Same for over 50 years. Barefoot at home, I prefer toes or to walk on the ball of my foot with heel perhaps 1/2 -1 inch off the floor. It is quieter and I feel more lithe. I do not react to the sensation of the flooring, but somatically toe-walking feels more natural and relieving of physical stressors and anxiety. I was undiagnosed in childhood (Autistic traits were obscured by Gifted traits, which were formally recognized) and night braces were put on my feet sometime in the first 4 years, but I think that was to address feet turning in, not toe walking. I don't know for sure, though. I still have to do it some in public whenever standing in line, and I do it freely at home and sometimes a bit playfully behind the shopping cart.
I grew up with autism but never walked on my toes. Then again, I've always had flat feet.
I'm a software engineer with toe walking. My foot is super strong and walk like this for miles. I can also jump higher.
Do you also have calves like a Greek demigod? I do.
I walked on my toes until junior high/high school when I discovered very high heels. I can't tell you why I did. I just preferred it.
Thanks for watching and for your comment. Not everything is explainable….sometimes, like you said, you just preferred it. It may have been a sensory need you just knew to satisfy without really even thinking about it. Good for you for being in tune with your body and your needs.
I remember my feet hurting it was so much more natural and feeling like the floor wasn’t clean or I needed to be quiet
I’m 22 and have always walked on my toes when I’m not wearing shoes, and have better balance that way. It was always just more comfortable to me and I have better balance that way, I get really clumsy and lose balance super easily when I wear shoes that aren’t heels to the point that it’s dangerous for me to go down stairs with flat shoes lmao.
It’s never hurt my feet, and they developed fine, I just have high arches but otherwise nothing physically wrong with em. I just have more limited balance on flat feet and did as a child too. I hate it because I feel like I can’t control my movements as much and it makes my shins ache after a long time of walking. Never get that when barefoot or in heels.
To me the floor is cold
I am 50 and autistic. Do not take away toe walking. We can walk normal also (at least most of us). It is how we experirnce and feel the world. I bet it is almost aways with out shoes right? Taking it from your child would be like taking eye sight or hearing. It would be cruel.
It doesn't deform the feet?
My 3 years old has started this and I have no idea what to do. Yes, he only does it barefoot
@@DarkAngel-cj6sx Not at all. Not got any issues myself anyway. Also, there's less Impact into your ankles and legs (hence why beare foot runners land on their toes 1st and don't always touch their heels to the ground) so I'd argue it was healthier. Just less energy efficient and shoes (baring plimsols and flip-flops) are designed for heal-toe walking.
@@DarkAngel-cj6sx Definitely get a referral to an Occupational Therapist or Physical therapist. They can assess and take precautions to prevent any permanent issues.
When they wear shoes do their shoe bottoms touch the ground? Mine do and i walk on my toes all the time but I can touch my heels to the ground. I'm twenty and I've learned how to walk from my dad who did it too. Also she calls herself an autism mom and some reason that makes me hate her, also the way she says toes.
@@BlightedLight You can't hate your mom, I hope you are kidding.
Overwhelmed by feet sensitivity, get them wool socks or comfortable shoes and then give time for the child to get accustomed to it.
Also, it gives positive reinforcement in the form of being in control of your body position, happens if other sources of being in control like position of toys in the room is taken away by the adults.
Constipation one was funny, all the points given here are wrong. At least from my memory of being a child.
Of course, everyone (including autistic people) is an individual and responds differently, so it totally makes sense that you experienced something different than others do. Doesn’t make it wrong, it just means that it wasn’t true for you.
Two were right for my child. Sensory & primitive reflex. Also, her toe walking becomes exaggerated, not due to constipation, but when she needs to go to the bathroom (usually pee) and is delaying. We don't know why she does this now. Before she would just go directly to the bathroom. But now she kind of paces the room on tip toe with her butt sticking out until we tell her to go. Once she does go, she always goes fine - no constipation, pain, diarrhea or anything.
I don't walk all the way on my toes but my mum says that I walk weird because I put the ball of my foot down first and then my heel where as most people put their heel first? I didn't even realise I did it but I tried walking normally and it felt horrible on my feet. I don't really know what to do 😬 I don't have any problems with my feet as yet so I suppose it is okay xx 🙂
Thats the regular way to walk, most people walk wrong.
Me, too. When I was a child, someone who was speciallly observant told me I "walked like an Indian" (Native American) because I put the ball down first and was extra quiet. That made me proud of it. I have always thought that heel-walkers were loud and uncouth. I call them pile-drivers, especially when they pound down a wood-floor hallway. Co-workers have said jokingly that they want to tie a bell on me because I am too quiet.
My Autistic nephew walks on his toes with his shoes on.....it has gotten so bad he's always falling.
I’m so sorry to hear that. That’s hard to watch. I hope you find some help in my videos!
Holy cow man, this woman is beautiful. I got distracted big time 😂. I rewatched it though, fantastic points
Actually, it’s very bad to work on your toes because your heels have a bigger bone and you might break the bones because they are little on your toes and you might have to get surgery. I actually am suffering this and I have to go to a physio every week, because of it, get your kids to try and stop toe walking. as it may break some of their bones inside of their foot, give them to A professional or you may have to have surgery.
How does walking on toes provide sensory input? Your literally just changing the way that you walk.
Same amount of weight on a smaller surface area = greater pressure to that smaller area. More input.
I don't think that for me it was about increasingly sensory stimulation. It was about relieving somatic sensations. Many Autistic people report that it FEELS BETTER. For one thing, it changes the center of gravity and the adjustment of the spine. The insights of polyvagal nerve theory may also be very relevant to why many Autistic people do this.
And scanning the horizon is not "primitive," or "infantile," it's a basic survival skill deeply engrained in the human species.
How many toe walkers started after vaccination?
None
@@nickparton5663 you asked all of them?
During the 80s when I was kid, no kid was walking like this .. everybody was normal.. I noticed this kids during the early 2000s starts walking like this when the vax schedule was increasing??? Alot of kids are now having autistic symptoms??
My kid walks on tiptoes, I want her to fight the urge because it's not healthy.
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