There is a slang word that people in the autism community use to describe the noises and movements they sometimes make to feel calmer. It also covers habits such as nail-biting. It's stimming, short ...

Sometimes we move our limbs repetitively without even noticing that we are doing any such thing. You must have encountered your parents interrupting you when you move your feet continuously.

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 ...

World Autism Day falls on April 2nd each year, and aims to raise awareness of autism, a neurodevelopmental condition that affects around 700,000 children and adults in the UK. Autism diagnoses have ...

Pacing, clicking fingers and blinking hard are habits for many of us, but what does it mean for a child who is doing it repeatedly? Stimming or self-stimulatory behaviour is a repetitive or unusual ...

Stimming refers to the natural behavior of self-stimulation. It may include nail biting, drumming your fingers on a surface, or full body movements like rocking or swaying. Stimming usually involves ...

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 – short for “self-stimulatory behaviour” – is a form of self-soothing commonly seen in autistic people. It can involve repetitive movements, sounds, or actions and is commonly regarded in ...

It's stimming, short for the medical term self-stimulatory behaviours - a real mouthful. Stimming might be rocking, head banging, repeatedly feeling textures or squealing. You'll probably have seen ...