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Bea
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09 Feb 2008, 9:51 pm

When my son (young adult) walks, he doesn't swing his arms at all.
I know he's dyslexic and dysgraphic, I'm wondering now that he might
also be an Aspie. Is lack of arm swinging an Aspie/autistic trait?



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09 Feb 2008, 9:54 pm

Wouldn't that fall into the category of 'awkward gait'?

People have critiscized me for this too, as I either swing my arms too much or not at all and the way I walk doesn't look 'normal'.



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09 Feb 2008, 9:54 pm

I usually have to reming myself to swing my arms. It just seems unnatural.


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09 Feb 2008, 10:00 pm

That, and it takes unnessessary physical effort and distracts from thinking.



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09 Feb 2008, 10:16 pm

That was one of the first things noted when I was assessed for autism.


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09 Feb 2008, 10:24 pm

anbuend wrote:
That was one of the first things noted when I was assessed for autism.


Thank you. I'm going to send my son the link to this website.



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09 Feb 2008, 10:38 pm

Yep, I always have to remind myself to swing my arms while walking. It just doesn't feel natural for me at all. It is so much extra effort, I don't know why most people do it naturally. I have AS and Dysgraphia, by the way.



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09 Feb 2008, 10:40 pm

Bea wrote:
When my son (young adult) walks, he doesn't swing his arms at all.
I know he's dyslexic and dysgraphic, I'm wondering now that he might
also be an Aspie. Is lack of arm swinging an Aspie/autistic trait?


It could be an aspie trait...or dyspraxia [thats if he has other "severe" motor-coordination problems]. It could be a lot of things...but if you want to be sure, then you should go and see a doctor about it, as no one here is really fit to make a diagnosis.


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10 Feb 2008, 12:02 am

SilverProteus wrote:
I usually have to remind myself to swing my arms. It just seems unnatural.

LOL. Mine just sort of flop when I walk. (I just walked the loop around the house to reassess.)
(edited to add additional thought) At work though I usually find myself holding hands/arms in strange poses when walking- arms at 90 degree angle with stiff hands/ thumbs out. Definitely not swinging in usual NT fashion.



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10 Feb 2008, 12:04 am

That's what pockets are for, they hide the clenched fists and rigid arms that make us look like angry Cavepeople. :D



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10 Feb 2008, 12:10 am

When I went through a very depressive state after a Haldol injection, I didn't swing my arms much.



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10 Feb 2008, 12:53 am

people often make fun of me because i don't move my arms when i run. i move my arms when i walk though.


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10 Feb 2008, 12:58 am

I was made fun of for the way I ran too, but I don't exactly know what was peculiar about the way I ran. My cousin once commented that I "... run like an ostrich."

On a side note, I can't help but wonder which way of running will produce the lowest drag coefficient times frontal area; that would be a possible way to run faster, if you can keep taking long enough strides while running.



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10 Feb 2008, 2:06 am

When I was a kid I didn't move my arms when walking. I thought was more evolved then other humans - they swung their arms like monkeys in trees. Here is an episode from Seinfeld about a woman who didn't swing her arms when walking.

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Seinfeld Episode #822 -- "The Summer Of George"

[A woman comes walking by, with her hands hanging still besides her.]

Elaine: Who's that?

Dugan: That's Sam, the new girl in the counting.

Walter: What's with her arms? They just hang like salamis.

Dugan: She walks like orangutan.

Elaine: Better call the zoo.

Dugan: Reer...

Elaine: What?

Walter: ssssss...

Dugan: Cat-ty...

[Jerry's apartment. Jerry and Elaine. George is watching TV.]

Elaine: It's like she's carrying invisible suitcases.

Jerry: Like this? [imitates the walk]

Elaine: Yes, exactly.

Jerry: That's so strange.

[Later in the show in Elaine's office. She is at her desk talking to Sam.]

Elaine: Sam, listen I'm so sorry about the other day.

Sam: No, don't apologize Elaine. I was thinking that maybe I should swing my arms a little bit more.

Elaine: See, yeah, that's all I was saying.

Sam: How's this [Sam hits a pen case out of the table], or this [swings a paper holder of the table and starts to clear the table left and right].

Elaine: Well, you seem to be getting a hang of it...



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10 Feb 2008, 2:29 am

I walk like this. I also walk holding the strap of my backpack while the other hand is holding onto my shirt. I always make an effort to try to walk "normal", but then I begin to feel uncomfortable and revert back to this style. I also can't walk without looking at the floor.

I can't even figure out what foot to start off with. :?



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10 Feb 2008, 2:58 am

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I also can't walk without looking at the floor.


I look at the floor too. It's instinctual, and it makes a lot of sense because that means my eyes get less exposure to sunlight and I can see where I'm putting my feet and thus decrease any risk of tripping over something. People often ask my why I'm so sad or look so down, even during times that I feel nothing of that sort. I used to not know how to vocalize the reasons why when I was a child/adolescent(the behavior was instinctual after all), but over the last few years I realized why I did it.

If I try to walk 'normal', it just makes me clumsy.