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 ...
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 ...
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.
A top psychologist has revealed the common habits that could signal you have undiagnosed autism. Dr Kim Sage, 56, a ...
Autistic individuals have always existed in human society, but autism as a distinct diagnosis has only existed throughout one lifetime, having been “discovered” in the 1940s independently by American ...
April was first acknowledged as Autism Awareness Month in 1970. In 2021 the Autism Society of America changed the name of this month-long recognition to Autism Acceptance Month. Acceptance is crucial ...
The phrases “autism spectrum” or “on the spectrum” have become part of everyday language. They are often used as different ways of referring to someone who is “neurodivergent”. The term was coined in ...