Published on 12, July, 2020
I think this mother is amazing:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-65754100
I was interested in the tiptoe mention as I hadn't realised it can be an autism thing.
I walked on tiptoe for years as a child.
Anyone else here did/does that too?
You probably have iron legs like me then, because that's something I mentioned in my reply too. :)
I still tiptoe walk. If I spend 10 minutes when I first get out of bed allowing my calves to stretch out to the point where my heels can reach the ground without having to have a bend in my hips, them I can walk flat footed instead, but it's less effort to walk on tiptoe.
Strangers comment on my calf muscles, which I assume grew as a result of walking that way, as I've never deliberately worked on them.
This woman is such a hero.
Absolutely!
I can only imagine how much autistic people struggle in different places of the world where it's still seen as black or white with a lot of stigma. This woman is such a hero.
Charla said:Did you get the job? :)
Nope.
One of many job interviews that went terribly wrong.
I still walk on tiptoe, very rarely have bare feet, can just about walk on carpet bare foot but all hard floors are still on tiptoe. Swimming lessons at school were torture, a cold wet floor, if on holiday I always wear deck shoes when near a swimming pool.
I walked on tiptoe for years as a child. Anyone else here did/does that too?
Yep, it just felt good/fun and tbh I still do when I feel like the tendons in my legs need a bit extra exercise. I've always had impressively strong legs because of it. I only went to the gym once before concluding after long enough buying my own weights for home it would end up cheaper, so my first and last leg press on the gym machine last year was 160kg.
Did you get the job? :)
I still walk on tiptoe now.
Now that I've been diagnosed so many things are starting to make sense to me, like the walking on tiptoes which I'd never given much thought beforehand.
I've been giving this thought and I think I still did it in my 20s.
I remembered one of my many embarrassing job interviews, where the interviewer asked if I did ballet as I sat with my feet in a certain position and I said no, but I do walk on tiptoe!
Thanks for sharing. What an amazing inspiring woman!
I still walk on tiptoes! I've done this all my life. I never put two and two together that it was an autism thing.