Why do autistic people toe walk?

Because I got yelled at for shaking the shitty house floorboards when I heel walked, next question.

I often have to catch myself from assuming people I see toe-walking are autistic. I went to physical therapy as a teen (ironically, I went for heel-walking) and so many kids there just came because they toe-walked.

Havent done it since I was young. But I just remember it being fun, and feeling faster than normal walking

I suppose we'd have to see if the tendency splits down the line of hypersensory or hyposensory. To me, a hypersensory autistic that does toe walk, I always figured I did it because your heel hitting the ground is both too loud and a bit of a jarring sensation physically too. I only know a handful of other Autistic people well enough to know if they are hyper or hypo and if they toe walk, but my limited data does line up that way. Would be interested to hear of any counter data/anecdotes.

I remember my mother trying to fix my posture, my grandparents telling me that I had short tendons that needed to be fixed, etc. Turns out it was normal all this time.

This is really eye-opening. So much of my childhood involved neck problems and my mom telling me to stop walking on my toes.

..What

I've always done this. This is a thing?

Well damn this is me, and I'm diagnosed ASD. Had no idea the two are related.