The word “stimming” refers to “self-stimulating behaviour,” one of the diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder. When laypeople think of autistic stimming behaviours, they tend to think of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Autistic pride is undeniably powerful and important — and it can also be stylish. That’s especially true when it comes to stimming ...

Jessi Brown said she never wants to stop her kids from being who they are. One mom is making it her mission to champion her kids with autism by sharing and not suppressing their stimming behaviors.

Stimming is short for self-stimulation. It means doing the same movement, sound, or action again and again. Many people stim. You might tap your pen, bounce your knee, or twirl your hair. Many parents ...

Stimming helps people with autism regulate their emotions and behavior. Stimming includes auditory, tactile, visual, vestibular, and proprioceptive actions. Stimming also occurs in people with ADHD ...

You’ve probably heard it before that it’s wrong to stop an autistic kid from stimming. If that’s what he likes to do, why not just allow him? Autistic kids, as we know them, are kids who struggle to ...

Tapping a pen, shaking a leg, twirling hair—we have all been in a classroom, meeting, or a public place where we find ourselves or someone else engaging in repetitive behavior—a type of ...

Autistic people are more likely than non-autistic people to hyperfocus on things. This is known as monotropism, where the ...

Restricted and repetitive behaviors, along with strong preferences for sameness in both behavior and environment, are noted as hallmark features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Structured routines ...