You probably already know that April is Autism Awareness Month. This is because autism is the developmental disability of our time. It’s rapid rise to an occurrence of 1 in 68 has made it an epidemic.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
A Buckeye police officer mistook a boy with autism for a drug user when he detained him in July, but the teen's aunt says 14-year-old Connor Leibel was simply "stimming". "Stimming" is repetitive body ...
Stimming, in all its forms, reflects our shared need for grounding, an expression of the connection between body and mind. Self-stimulatory behaviors are often associated with autism, but in truth, ...
You probably already know that April is Autism Awareness Month. This is because autism is the developmental disability of our time. It’s rapid rise to an occurrence of 1 in 68 has made it an epidemic.