Signs of Autism Could Be Encoded in the Way You Walk

Re:Signs of Autism Could Be Encoded in the Way You Walk by msgodel on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @03:08PM (#44585756)

Huh. My last girlfriend told me I had "the gay walk" and never could figure out what she meant. I wonder if this is it.

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Re:Signs of Autism Could Be Encoded in the Way You Walk by EvanAnderson on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @03:36PM (#44585988)

I emailed and spoke on the phone w/ my wife for a over a month before we met face-to-face. She told me, years later, she anticipated I'd have a particular gait. When we finally met I did not disappoint. She has described it as an "effeminate" gait.

We recently moved into house with wood floors. I experience my daughter and wife's gaits in new way. Their footfalls have a distinct "thud-thud-thud" with the landing of their heels first, whereas mine are a lot lighter. My daughter definitely didn't inherit my gait, even if she did inherit some of my psychological and mental eccentricities.

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Re:Signs of Autism Could Be Encoded in the Way You Walk by Der_Einzige on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @08:41PM (#44588475)

The beta gait vs the alpha thud.

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Re:Signs of Autism Could Be Encoded in the Way You Walk by LearnYouALisp on Thursday July 17, 2025 @11:02AM (#44594175)

huh huh 4chan scienss

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Re:Signs of Autism Could Be Encoded in the Way You Walk by FirmwareBurner on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @03:17PM (#44585843)

> I had "the gay walk"

Alright, that's enough HN for me today, I'm outie. Have a great evening y'all.

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Re:Signs of Autism Could Be Encoded in the Way You Walk by Weryj on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @03:28PM (#44585929)

Hey, I'm the innie, lets see what HN has today… oh my

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Re:Signs of Autism Could Be Encoded in the Way You Walk by kridsdale1 on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @03:43PM (#44586050)

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Re:Signs of Autism Could Be Encoded in the Way You Walk by northhnbesthn on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @03:21PM (#44585868)

Upvoted for account profile description.

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Re:Signs of Autism Could Be Encoded in the Way You Walk by racedude on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @04:33PM (#44586525)

Same rofl

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Re:Signs of Autism Could Be Encoded in the Way You Walk by paulpauper on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @07:25PM (#44587946)

interesting, have someone videotape you walking

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Re:Signs of Autism Could Be Encoded in the Way You Walk by Gigachad on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @08:02PM (#44588225)

The times I’ve heard that it’s meant walking fast / power walking.

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Re:Signs of Autism Could Be Encoded in the Way You Walk by LearnYouALisp on Thursday July 17, 2025 @11:01AM (#44594171)

Probably a bit light, 'bouncy', with extension of the joints slightly little beyond what is necessary for locomotion

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