My son and I were having a magical day at the Renaissance Faire after what had seemed like an endless Los Angeles winter, which in most years is an oxymoron. It was the kind of day when your autistic ...

From tapping your fingers to rocking back and forth, these common habits may be ways your brain self-soothes, experts say.

Engaging in self-stimulatory behavior, or “stimming,” is often associated with autism and ADHD. But everyone stims to a ...

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.

Stimming, also known as self-stimulating behavior, refers to a wide range of repetitive sounds, movements, and behaviors. People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or autism, use these actions to ...

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 ...

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 ...