People with autism often face a stigma for stimming — a repetitive behavior to regulate emotions that can sometimes look like someone flapping their hands or wiggling their fingers. The children’s ...

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 ...

Key points Stereotypy has been said to occur more frequently and at greater intensities in people with autism, but it also occurs in typical development. Examples of stereotypic behavior include ...

Last week, I saw another meme in my Facebook feed castigating parents for forcing their autistic kids to make eye contact and to sit with “quiet hands” rather than flapping. It’s a common theme in ...