Morton's toe and ASD?

[kay]

Curious if Morton's toe is more common among those with ASD than the general population. Just found out that this is even considered a foot defect today. I always knew my second toe was longer than my big toe, but so. Anyhoo, apparently it's not really uncommon, 20-30% of the world's population so I don't quite know how it is an actual defect. How many of you guys have a Morton's toe? And is it a problem or are you like me and never even heard of it before? (apparently the statue of Liberty has Morton's toe)

 

[Gritches]

Apparently I do. Never really considered it before. Neat.

 

[Streetwise]

yep ive got it ,never knew it existed -my mother had as well ,the maternity nurse said my mother had the longest toes she had ever seen.

 

[kay]

yep ive got it ,never knew it existed -my mother had as well ,the maternity nurse said my mother had the longest toes she had ever seen.

I have short toes, my sister long toes, but both of us have the whole Morton toe thing going on. She is not ASD (though hardly NT and may have once been diagnosed with PDD-NS). Anyhoo, interesting since both ASD and the toe thing run in families. Could your mom use her toes to do anything? My sister can do stuff like write a bit with her's.

 

[Streetwise]

no we could both pick things up ,she was more hypermobile than me ,she had a chromosome 6 problem but she kept it dormant.

 

[watersprite]

yes I have that as well. The only reason I've heard of it is that many years ago I knew someone who underwent surgery to "correct" it, because supposedly it negatively affects long distance running.
Come to think of it when I was a kid I used my toes to pick up pebbles and toss them at people on my volleyball team.

 

[Butterfly88]

I don't have Morton's toes, I have butterfly toes. Lol, no Morton's toe here.

 

[Ylva]

I have my toe. My seconds toes are the same length as my big toes, but I suppose the thinner one looks longer. Neat optic illusion.

 

[Katleya]

no we could both pick things up ,she was more hypermobile than me

I'd always assumed that everybody could pick things up with their toes, probably because I can do it AND I seem to sometimes fail at understanding that aptitudes aren't the same for everyone, but it seems you can enlighten me, here...
Is that 'skill' unusual?

As for the Morton's toe, I have one. Yes, just one. I mean, I have all 10 of my toes, but I only have a longer 2nd toe on one foot; the other has significantly better aligned toes.

Also have the weirdest foot print thing going on: my feet are much more arched than normal (same goes for everybody on my mother's side, blame that on hypermobility), but my foot prints pass for those of somebody with a flat arch. It's puzzled a couple of specialists already. I'm not a runner, so I don't really care, I just wear my special soles.

 

[Progster]

My first and second toe seem to be the same length, but they are stubby and short.

 

[Mary Anne]

Curious if Morton's toe is more common among those with ASD than the general population. Just found out that this is even considered a foot defect today. I always knew my second toe was longer than my big toe, but so. Anyhoo, apparently it's not really uncommon, 20-30% of the world's population so I don't quite know how it is an actual defect. How many of you guys have a Morton's toe? And is it a problem or are you like me and never even heard of it before? (apparently the statue of Liberty has Morton's toe)

I never heard it called this, but yes, I have it too, though it’s slightly longer on each foot - not as prominent as I have seen on some people.