What is stimulation?

Stimming is a repeated physical action that is performed for self-stimulation or helps to calm a person. This form of self -stimulation may include activities such as knocking, hum, stimulation and grinding of teeth. Children with autism are often found increased form of self-stimulation and may include rocking, moans or clapping. In autistic children, the stimulation may be so exaggerated that it disrupts the learning and performing simple tasks, causing a child to be teasing or exclusion. Stimulation can occasionally be checked by means of weighted blankets or practicing the replacement of apparent, embarrassing forms of self -valuation less obvious. It helps parents and friends of an autistic child to understand that this form of stimulation serves the purpose and is often necessary to some extent, to some extent, to help autistic person work. The stimulation function is either to calm the person during a stressful situation, to avert it from the animated activity around him, or to help him to process sensory information around him. Movement and hearing self stimUales are usually the most common forms. Self-stimulation with movement most often includes swing, stimulation, jumping or swirling. The auditory self -centered includes buzzing, recurring sounds, recording objects, rupture of fingers or clapping.

Visual stimulation usually involves recurring flashing, focusing on light or positioning objects, usually in a row. Self stimulation of olfactory includes the smell of objects or people. Touch self -stimulation involves friction of objects, nail biting or intake and twisting hair. Taste confidently includes inserting objects into the mouth and stimulation of proprioception includes grinding teeth and walking back and forth.

There are several methods that can be used to try to check and reduce exaggerated forms of self -stimulation. Dear blanket, cervical collar or vest sometimes helps people with excessive stimulation at school or when they have to sit for a long time. Weight pressure is dOther to maintain the necessary physical stimulation and prevent or minimize exaggerated self -politics.

In therapy, some louder or socially inappropriate forms of self -paying can be replaced less obvious. For example, therapy may be able to replace jumping, clapping or groaning using the foot on the foot or drumming the fingers on the side of the foot. This method allows the child to be self -sufficient without drawing attention to or interfere with the things that are happening around him.

Stimpming is often running a ball or situation. Learning to recognize the trigger for stimulation and avoiding them can reduce the incidence of excessive stimulation. Older children may be able to gradually practice replacing the stimulator of taking attention less obvious around their triggers.