In essence, it means their child is employing a strategy to navigate their sensory world. ‘ASD stimming,’ or stimming in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, is a natural part of their behavior. It answers the question, ‘Why do autistic kids stim?’– they stim as a way to self-...
Through a robust mixed-methods approach integrating video-based fieldwork and design-based research, this paper engages three non-speaking autistic children and their mothers in a 5-day empirical intervention. Results reveal significant transformations in parent-child interactions ...
We can look at the sensorimotor, language, cognitive, emotional, and social experiences and skill building that play can provide, and we can find ways to make sure that autistic kids are getting that practice in ways that work for them. And we can back off and let autistic kids be autisti...
I have a non-neurotypical child who flaps. She isn’t autistic. She’s ADD plus some other stuff, but still, I confess to asking her not to flap her hands when talking to me. I *can’t* talk to her when she’s distracting me, any more than I can hear her when there’s a ra...
Can Stimming and Hand Flapping Occur in Children who are Not Autistic? Stimming behaviors are common in children with autism as well as those with sensory-processing disorders. However, typically-developing children sometimes do these things as well. Just because a child is flapping or doing other...