What have you been mistaken for?

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Yes that's correct.
I'm female.
I'm not that hairy lol.

I think that a young man at school was actually commenting on my gait.
He was imitating how I walked.
He said I walked "Like a gorilla." and he made gorilla noises.

I honestly didn't notice that I was doing this.
Maybe that's why some people said I looked "odd" playing sports.

I was trying my very best, so perhaps this walk is just something that can't be helped.

Last edited by AmberEyes on 27 Jan 2009, 4:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Let me guess, you walk like me: Leaning slightly forward with an almost slouching posture by having your shoulders rolled forward?

Selfish, angry, upset, depressed, hateful, intense, ret*d, stupid, inferior, I could go on...

I've been mistaken as schizophrenic. People also tend to think I'm less intelligent than I am because of my social awkwardness. NTs tend to associate good social skills with intelligence. I think this is because the basic social skills that us aspies struggle with on a daily basis come so naturally to them. This makes them assume that anyone who is intelligent should have good social skills.

Yes a bit like that, but probably more upright.

It's interesting because one side of my family all have that slight gait (if you look closely) but not as severe.

There is one family member on that side who has a genetic auto-immune illness and he's permanently bent over.

I can't help wondering if this gait has genetic origins.
If so (and I strongly suspect so) this gait isn't my fault and it doesn't seem to go away despite all the years I've tried to correct it.

Could this be connected to AS I wonder?

I should have added, I walk slightly faster than most people taller than me, and my head is facing the ground a few yards in front of me

Yep.

That pretty much covers it.

Interesting that people would comment on your walk so much, but I have only ever had iot mentioned to me once. And we walk pretty much exactly the same.... I am pretty self conscious about how I walk and feel awkward every time I notice it is different from most people's.

Pregnant, but that has nothing to do with Asperger's, that was just a random rumour that came out of nowhere, LOL.

Freaky, pyscho, weird, evil (whatever, bruv), nerdy, and a lot of other things besides.

Interesting.
Walk exactly the same you say?
Is any research being done into this?

It's one of those things that I just used to try and put to the back of my mind, because I thought that people were just being deliberately nasty to me. I probably put all kinds of unconscious "shields" up in my mind without even realising it, to protect my self esteem. I'm so glad that I did.

I think that other people were too polite, well brought up, ignored me or didn't notice.

Now I can analyse events objectively without feeling any hurt or resentment, I realise that I do in fact have a different walking style to other people. All I can do is do my best to maintain an upright posture. It will never be perfect of course, but hey...

Who's perfect?

In the eyes of the general society, that would be the social norm, they are regarded as perfect by most.

You mean "The Cereal Packet Family"?

Heres a list:

a "spazz"
a "special needs unit"
a "loser"
someone with "no friends"
A "shy" person

A 'skank'
A 'slut'
'psycho'
'disturbed'

Weak-minded
Unassertive
Lazy
Anxious
Arrogant
No fun
Stupid
Gay
Rude
Annoying

Arrogant, snobbish, selfish, lazy, weakling, impertinent, unassertive.

But not lately