ASD Tip-toe Walking - please explain

[Grey24]

I've heard of Tip-toe walking on SN before - and now my DD (2.5) seems to be doing it...! Or, at least, she is sometimes walking on what I would describe as the ball of her foot. Is this the same as tiptoe walking?
She is mainly doing this at home, on just her right foot (ie walking on each foot differently). Then today she was doing this with both feet. This week she was diagnosed, after a period of assessment, with ASD.
I'd be very grateful if someone could explain what the different way of walking is about/why/what it means/why it happens etc. Most things about her, I think I understand (reasonably..) - mainly thanks to MN over the least year - but this one I don't understand and would be grateful for any info. Also - does it progress/'get worse'? Many thanks.

Cjn27b - although in DS case gritting teeth means I'm in a sensory mood, I think there may be two things going on with your DS. When understanding your DS I think you need to separate the gritted teeth (sensory) from the growling which I'm going to suggest is social communication issue

IE DS really struggles with the concept that words have meaning. In the end they're just sounds so why is one sound not as good as another to communicate with? In DS' case he rather likes slurping, he actually has a different slurp for yes no and sorry. Of course in his mind he knows what he means so why don't you? (problems with theory of mind) Could i be that your own DS has found his own unique form of hello, how are you? With DS and the slurping we found that we say/sign talking please or talking not slurping and this helps.

Re-reading do you own or have regular access to a dog? Is he copying the dog? Ds turned into a dog when he got stressed for a while, we had to get some help in quick on that.

DS is (mostly) hypersensitive to pain. Actually bad explanation; it's more that he feels it but doesn't know what the sensation is and therefore doesn't react "normally". Same applies to illness (and hot and cold)

DD1 grinds her teeth, to the point her baby teeth broke and so when new teeth came though she had to go and have her baby teeth removed in pieces!!
DD2 grits her teeth when stressed.
DD1 is hypo sensitive and will cry at sillest things, she used to call a scratch "white blood"!
DD2 is under senstive, she could be bleeding and broken bones and unlikely to notice. Shes always covered in bruises

I'm a bit confused?

Hyper-sensitive is over sensitive.
Hypo-sensitive is under sensitive, or so I thought?

LunarRose what you say about your DS's responses to pain (feeling it, but not reacting 'normally') and words (not realising that we don't understand what he means, because he does) make enormous sense to me, and I'm really grateful for your clarity of some things I've been wondering about my DD.

Could anyone tell me how to start to find a suitable private OT who would help with sensory issues, particularly extreme sensitivity to motion (quickly leading to nausea & vomiting)? I'm in the North West.

Ds1 tip toe walks. He does not have a dx of ASD however he is dx ADHD. He is also very hyper-sensitive.

grey Try INPP at chester x