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[–] strawberry@kbin.run 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It’s believed that toe walking may be directly or indirectly due to a dysfunctional vestibular system — a condition commonly seen in autism.

The vestibular system, which involves the inner ear and central nervous system (CNS), is what gives your body a sense of:

balance
position
spatial orientation

If the system isn’t working correctly, you can have difficulties with coordination and balance.

so if im understanding correctly, autism can cause a messed up sense of ballance and spacial orientation, which in turn can lead to toe walking

[–] moitoi@feddit.de 4 points 8 months ago

Not quite, it can although be your formulation. Autists have more frequently as co-occurence a differently functioning vestibular system.

But, it can be stimming as well. The sensation of toe walking can help resynch the brain.