What does stimmer mean?
Stimmer means (psychology, autism) One who engages in stimming behaviour..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(psychology, autism) One who engages in stimming behaviour..
Most people probably wouldn't guess either of them had autism since they are both so high functioning; Dillon is a “stimmer” though—lots of hand flapping.
Cam is a first-class stimmer. The stims have passed through stages, each more obsessive than the last.
We are also perpetual stimmers: displaying or masking our stims, engaging in self-injurious or artistic stims, creatively expressing ourselves, or responding to trauma or stim suppression.
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Stimmer means (psychology, autism) One who engages in stimming behaviour..
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Most people probably wouldn't guess either of them had autism since they are both so high functioning; Dillon is a “stimmer” though—lots of hand flapping.
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