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 is the term used to describe self-stimulation behaviour. It is often associated with people suffering from neurodevelopmental conditions. Here's what we know about it. Stimming is a range 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.

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 ...

It is a depressingly familiar story. My friends noticed that their two-year-old son was not learning to speak or meeting developmental goals in the same way as their older children. Their GP referred ...

When Lára Ní Riain began teaching almost 20 years ago, autism was still seen as a relatively rare condition. There were no special classes or special-needs assistants (SNAs) at her school. Studies at ...