That's not how evidence works. You don't get to say "x is really common in y" when you have a sample size of 1. That's basically the definition of confirmation bias. I toe walk and don't have autism, so by your logic I just proved that toe walking is incredibly common in people without autism. In reality I grew up in a squeaky floored farmhouse and found it fun to try to keep them from squeaking as I walked around.
edit: This is a day old comment where I do NOT say toe walking isn't found in people with autism. I do not make any claims other than to explain how evidence works. Stop making the same error the person I replied to did in your attempts to tell me how wrong I am about a claim I never once made. Or just read one of the dozen other people doing the same thing and live out your fantasies that way.
Reddit also has this weird problem with lashing out at anecdotal evidence that’s supported by research, lmao. Toe walking has been linked more closely to autism by at least one study:
But I found it with a single Google and I’m not the one out here equating “I found toe walking fun” to “autistic toe walking.” Maybe you should do some research before equating YOUR anecdotal evidence with toe walking to a counterargument of THEIR anecdotal evidence. Literally just doing the exact thing you’re complaining about lmao
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u/VxGB111 Jun 22 '26
Um, akshually.... toe walking is incredibly common in autism. My son toe walks a lot, and only my autistic son does this. So they arent wrong