Comments on: Asymmetry in Infants and the Crab Crawl

By: Metamorphosis Can Really Tire You Out

Metamorphosis Can Really Tire You Out — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:27:15 +0000

[...] was a baby, it seemed always to take some sort of extra effort for him to roll over, sit up, scoot, stand. He was nearing 16 months when he started to walk. Talking—and much [...]

By: The Truth Is Out There, But Smallpox?

The Truth Is Out There, But Smallpox? — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:59:37 +0000

[...] each theory of what causes autism, and shrugged it aside. Charlie’s development had been just a bit unusual from the start; Jim and I both had a sense of what families members “had”; if autism was indeed [...]

By: Daisy

Daisy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:56:35 +0000

And his NT sister? She took her time walking (17 months), but climbed everything.

By: Daisy

Daisy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:56:08 +0000

Amigo scooted on our wood floors; I used to suggest spraying his behind with Pledge or Endust. He did eventually crawl, but scooting was his main movement. That was long before we suspected autism.

By: Kassiane

Kassiane — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:48:50 +0000

I didn’t crawl, I rolled. And cruised around furniture.

I am in my 20s and still don’t have a dominant hand.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:24:58 +0000

Charlie also did some inch-worming.

Driving a car with a clutch—–my dad gave me one lesson and when I said “what’s that burning smell?” and he said “it’s the clutch” (maybe he said the brake….), it was made clear, I would only drive automatic.

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:25:22 +0000

It’s not only autistic kids who are walking before crawling now. Since the “Back to Sleep” campaign in the 1990’s which aimed (successfully) to reduce the number of SIDS cases, many more babies are skipping crawling because they are spending significantly less time on their bellies. SInce autism rates rose along with this cohort, I think it’s more of a correlation than a cause and effect.
My NT neice skipped crawling, my AS son did crawl before walking.

By: shell

shell — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:40:02 +0000

My NT daughter walked before crawling-she would barely spend time in the prone position as a baby. My autistic son crawled normally on schedule. I don’t recall his reaching only with one arm-I would probably have noticed that having worked in pediatric PT for many years. Many children skip crawling or use different patterns of mobility before walking (scoot on bottom in sit) for various reasons (temperament, weight, muscle tone) and do not have autism.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:22:21 +0000

Hmm, L didn’t crawl, he went straight to walking at 10mo. K started cruising at 6 mo and walked at 9, though he did a crawling stint briefly before and after he started walking.

A lot of my friends kids also skipped or crawled funny, yet non of theirs are autistic?

Its interesting, though, as an early indictor or warning sign to look for and keep and eye on. But even with in autism, the spectrum is huge in terms of behaviors and diagnosis. Some have certain signs of ASD, and others with the same diagnosis may have completely different presentations. The speech delay is the big one for us. My guys don’t really do a lot of “classic” ASD behaviors, most people who meet them don’t automatically see them as different, but once you get to know them then you can see the autistic stims and etc.

By: Club 166

Club 166 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:10:15 +0000

…He learned with a manual gear box and sometimes it is like he struggles focussing on changing gears with one hand while operating the gas pedal with his opposite foot …

Well, the obvious solution would be for him to move to a country that drives on the right side of the road (so the gas and gear sides would be the same). But then the clutch side would be left out. Never mind…

Joe