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 ...

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

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 ...

Mattel has unveiled its first-ever autistic Barbie with stimming hands, a tablet, fidget spinner, and other features.

Tapping a pen, shaking a leg, twirling hair—we have all been in a classroom, meeting, or a public place where we find ourselves or someone else engaging in repetitive behavior—a type of ...