When my son was in high school, he had the opportunity to participate in a research study on the neurobiology of ADHD in children and adolescents. My son has always been open about his ADHD, so I ...

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 ...

Stimming, in all its forms, reflects our shared need for grounding, an expression of the connection between body and mind. Self-stimulatory behaviors are often associated with autism, but in truth, ...

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 ...

For the autistic community, such controversy remains over “stimming,” or self-stimulatory behavior. These often-involuntary actions—like rocking back and forth, flapping a hand, or humming—are seen by ...

Aimee Grant receives funding from receives funding from UKRI, the Wellcome Trust and the Morgan Advanced Studies Institute. She is a non-executive director of Disability Wales. Stimming – short for ...

A Buckeye police officer mistook a boy with autism for a drug user when he detained him in July, but the teen's aunt says 14-year-old Connor Leibel was simply "stimming". "Stimming" is repetitive body ...

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, short for self-stimulating behaviors or stereotypy, encompasses a range of repetitive movements, behaviors, and sounds, from hand-flapping to repeating certain phrases. It is often used by ...

"The film is about the creative process," says a member of the Neurocultures Collective. "It's about creating and about collaborating." By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The Stimming Pool is like ...