Tips and Suggestions. Stimming

Helpful tips, suggestions and good ole' fashion info from N-Zilla and mom in honor of April the month known as allergy hell in San Antonio Texas and National Autism Month. A month to promote Awareness, Acceptance, and to Educate.

In the world of Neuro-disorders you'll hear words like MELTDOWNS. TICs. STIMMING. 
While their are similarities they are different.

 Let's talk about Stimming.
Stimming is a repetitive body movement that self-stimulates one or more senses in regulated manner. Fun fact found at http://autism.wikia.com/wiki/Stimming many autistic children have no stims and about 10 percent of young children without autism stim.

Some benifites of stimming:

• Increased ability to remain calm
• Reduced meltdowns
• Increased tolerance of challenging sensory situations
• Increased focus, attention span, and task management abilities
• SELF-ACCEPTANCE AS AN AUTISTIC PERSON

Some examples of stimming:

• flapping hands. Blinking or moving fingers in front of eyes. 
• making vocal sounds. snapping fingers
• scratching; rubbing the skin with one's hand or other object
• rocking front and back or side to side. Moving in a rhythmic motion.
• licking body parts or an object. (their was  a point when N-Zilla licked tree's and Crazy Horse bite her hair)
• smelling objects, hands, or other people

Stim On!

*Stimming is not to be confused with self-harm. In the case of self-harm find a replacement behavior that is safe and healthy. Please speak with your doctor or in the case of a child your child's pediatrician.