What's your balance like?

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I'd say mine is rather crap . My granddaughter had to steady me as I stood on the scales to be weighed yesterday . I had the same difficulty last year.

I have always had poor balance and coordination. I began walking late and walking on my own even later. I couldn't jump until I was about four years old and my boyfriend says I don't jump; I just hop. As a kid, I used to fall while standing still all the time. I fall frequently now, bump into things, and stumble on my own feet daily. When I fell and broke my ankle in three places, my boyfriend and my dad joked that I should be made to wear the "fall risk" bracelet tape given to me at the hospital 24/7 . I don't walk heel to toe. I've always walked on my tippy toes and have deformed feet as a result. With physical therapy I now walk flat footed but still with more emphasis on the toes. Everyone says gravity and doors are my mortal enemies and my friends usually have their arms hovering over me in case I fall if we are walking on uneven surfaces. Is this a common problem with neurodiverse people or is it something else?

My balance is variable, comically so: I prune apple trees up tall ladders every autumn without problems, but I regularly trip over my own feet, have to steady myself against walls because my balance just vanishes... and I’m very good at falling up staircases
Uneven surfaces (or even surfaces for that matter: so, just surfaces) regularly lead to one or other ankle being twisted sideways: thankfully not broken or sprained either though... I’m quite good at throwing my arms out and arcing my back to keep from going over on top of the twist and giving myself a real injury.

I’ve also always walked on my toes a fair amount: but that’s an excitement thing rather than all the time.

Mine was always pretty bad. I had Wii Fit and couldn't stand on the white square, or on one leg. I careen into walls all the time (usually with my left side). Having a cerebellar stroke five years ago didn't help matters. Even with Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy I'm still falling to the side all the time. I feel like a car with bad alignment. I think I'm going straight but I'm really pulling to one side.

I apparently have flat feet and a high instep . At prep school the headmaster's had me do walking exercises . For 3 years or so I wore insoles . When I went to public school they kept getting lost . No doubt part of the bullying and nastiness the other boys subjected me . After a while, as they were expensive to replace , I stopped having them .

I bump into things fairly regularly . The worst last year was stubbing my toe on the bed, resulting in the nail of my left big toe hanging loose for several weeks before it dropped off .

My stepdaughter has said I walk like I'm drunk ,and that I'm the clumsiest person she's known . My late wife mentioned my odd gait several times over the years .

My balance is certainly not optimal. I don't have the best knees, or the best physical organization.

Terrible. I fall frequently and often hurt myself or embarrass myself doing so. I also frequently break things, spill things, or knock things over by accident. This has caused many arguments with family members.

no carpet is safe when I have a mug in my hand!

My balance is generally not too bad, though I do sometimes get dizzy and that can cause me to fall. I'm also not very good at standing on one leg. I'm always running into corners and door frames, but I think that's due to a lack of spatial awareness.

My balance and spacial awareness are one of the first things which is effected when I start to go into a partial shutdown. I get this happening before I can feel a partial shutdown coming on.

Generally pretty good, although I did fall last week when I was playing tennis. Luckily, I wasn't badly hurt.

Not great. I’m terrified of heights unless I’m closed or buckled in and I never learned how to ride a two-wheel bike. Getting my motorcycle license is on my bucket list, but I don’t know how I’m going to do that.

Good balance. Might be flat footed. Almost never fall, whenever I tripped I can catch myself 95%+ at the time.

Although despite the whole outcomes of not easily falling and practically never injured...
I kinda questioned it because I broke a lot of footwear. Most especially high heeled footwears almost never lasts with me.


Somewhere along the line, maybe my anatomy/control of gravity/etc. is 'compensating'. Instead of ankle injuries, tripping or falling, I get a lot of broken footwear.

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Bad, but not as bad now as it was when I was a kid. But I also have physical problems that affect it, so it's probably more about those.

Not very good. When I was a kid I fell down a lot. Still do on occasion.