Identifying Autistic Stimming (with footage)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- Stimming comes in various forms and can be difficult to identify if there's no idea as to what it is or what it looks like. Although it's not exclusive to autism, it is a prominent sign that can help recognize autism in early childhood development.
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Mom 🤗 GOD bless you ! I don’t have an autistic child, but it’s made me look at the things I do as an adult and 65 year-old adult things I’ve been doing and never knew what they were thank you thank you thank you
Just wanted to add that stimming can be to regulate intense "positive" emotions (happiness, excitement, being enamored). at least thats my experience having level 1 autism. not being able to stim freely when i need to can make happiness, excitement, etc. uncomfortable and sometimes even painful
I'm almost in tears, I love your Vlog. You have answered so many questions about my grandbaby. She is also, 3 year's old, but recently started pre-pre K. Lol.❤ and she has good and bad days, even though it's 2-3 hours a day 3 days a week, I see a difference. ❤
The younger my son was the more he "stimmed". As a young child I found that the greater his anxiety the more he flapped his hands, grinded his teeth in his sleep, and/or toe-walked. Now as an adult that behavior is gone. It seems that the more his world made sense to him the less he felt a need to self-soothe. Bless you and your family for the work you're doing.
I love this topic. You did a great job of explaining the stimming behaviours in simple terms. Thank you, Precious. ❤
Thank you so much for producing this content.
My son does stimming all day a lot of humming sounds and hand flapping. yes, finding ways is key for us in our family. We sometimes, if it a good day for him because of transitions through our his day make him very deregulated. We go riding around and/or walking but then it gets to him and begans to hit.
I send my condolences to you and your family. Have a blessed day to the gentle family
Thank you for explaining what stimming is. I have a hard time explaining because my daughter has autism and she runs. When she's excited or very anxious. She constantly moves while we are in the grocery store aisle or running up and down the aisles. In the beginning, before I knew what was going on I noticed the stimming. In fact that's what kind gave me a hint as to look further into her development when she was about five years old. 🙏 thank you.
Thank you, can't get into details but you helped me understand something about myself. A habit or "stemming" that's not healthy as an adult. You're awesome ❤
Thank you for explaining this! It was much needed ❤
Actually listening to you and your voice suits me lol you’re doing such a marvelous job and like I said, I have no children autistic children but I love just watching you. Keep on doing what you’re doing. You’re doing a great job.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❣️
One of my stims is picking skin off my lips which does cause them to bleed sometimes, not all the time, but it’s frustrating when they do. Another is messing with hangnails. Instead of cutting them off, I’ll let them exist for a bit, dig at them, and do this thing where I stick them under my other fingernails and touch the hyponychium, which is the area where the nail and skin meet. For some reason this is really soothing to me. I sucked my thumb till about 7 years old. I was diagnosed with ADHD around 19 years old and I’m 26 now, still learning about it, still don’t fully understand what it all means for me.
Hah, I never realized, but I think at times I've done the same thing with the hyponychium! I knew I would pick at my hangnails (and other scabs, unfortunately) but I hadn't realized that yes, feeling it under my nail is often what I'm looking for.
For me, the combination of eczema, itchiness, and compulsive scratching/picking has been difficult at times - right now, one of my legs looks so bad I wouldn't want to wear shorts. I've found success in covering my legs (which tend to be the itchiest), keeping my nails trimmed, and finding things to keep my hands busy when I notice I'm doing it, but it's tough.
For hangnails, if it's not bothering you, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. Sometimes my hangnails would get painful in the winter, and keeping a nipper in my purse would let me stop it before I made it worse.
You are doing such a great job informing others about Autism. I enjoy your videos.
Would you please speak on the subject of how you were informed that Miko was non-verbal autistic. I watch another channel where I think the 2 yr old is clearly non-verbal autistic but mom is in DEEP denial and it's so sad. How did you and your husband deal with that. Btw, you have been a Godsend to so many of us who need and want to be educated about autism. Please keep up the good work ❤
👍🏾 I feel you
I just watched her video explaining that, here it is: th-cam.com/video/e7kFmwnqqO8/w-d-xo.html
Something I've found really useful is the CDC's list of developmental milestones: www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html
It's organized by age (2 months, 4 months, 1 year, etc.) and it's a list of things that 75% of babies that age can do. If a baby cannot do the tasks at their age level, it's a good idea to talk to a pediatrician, and possibly get the child evaluated.
Keep in mind, watching a baby on TH-cam isn't the same as seeing the baby in person - for instance, maybe the baby acts differently when the camera is around. And it's really important to speak to a professional and not just assume the child has autism, because occasionally the issue is something else that would be treated differently. But I totally get you being concerned.
Omg, 😯The Ziegler's. I just commented it out right before I came across your comment. I agree and I always think of this family and how on top of things they are with Mikko. But Cali's mom thinks everything is funny. However with that recent video of her doing sign language they may know more but are ashamed to tell the viewers...as of now. Time will tell. Praying for Cali🙏🏾
@@CaliMisfit1921they immediately came to mind😭 i think the mom said the doctors said she doesnt have autism a while back but i thought they were either in denial or the doctors didn't want to diagnose her because she's still little.
Wow. So someone else's 2 year old doesn't speak in videos enough, so you guys are diagnosing their child? Interesting.
I love your channel so much! You’re such an amazing mother 🤍✨its so wonderful you’re able to stay neutral and kind with Mikko through the ups and downs. I’m an RBT at an autism center in Salt Lake City Utah. Hearing your perspective on stimming has really changed some of my opinions :) now I’m no expert but I think trying to replace/ distract Mikko’s stimming is a great idea! 😊 When it comes to her sucking her thumb a great alternative would be to replace with a sensory chewy, there are thousands of different kinds that you can buy online. While it takes repetition of replacing a mouthing behavior with alternatives I think Mikko would really benefit 🌸 just an idea! God bless you and you’re family
Both of my children stim a lot in many different ways.
It's challenging because my daughter (16) is in inclusion classes but she NEEDS to move. So I had it put in her IEP to place her in the classrom and allow her breaks in order to stim.
My son has started to pluck his head and it looks so painful but he seems ok. The only problem is his hair is thinning in that area. I'm not sure what to do in this case.
I'm still learning and I'm so glad you are sharing your experiences with us 😊 Thank you 😊
I have a 6 year old son who’s is nonverbal autistic and ADHD he isn’t feeding his self much yet but we just got the adhd diagnosis and medication started and he is starting to be able to focus a little bit ur such and amazing mom
I truly appreciate your knowledge and didn't realize that, although I am not autistic, I too can stim as a way to sooth myself or bring myself to a calming place. I pace back and forth, rocking, and do other things that give me comfort. As a child and even as an adult woman, I've experienced emotions that I never understood and that were often overwhelming. I realized that depression is something I've always experienced to a degree, but again, I didn't realize that what I was and am doing to this day is stimming. You and your husband are beautiful souls and a blessing to many! 💜
I love watching your videos, it's a great support for myself, because I have a non-verbal teen. I've seen her going through most of the things Mikko is doing.
You are doing a great job. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I rocked back and forth on the floor as a child and I still do it to this day. Not on the floor but in chairs. I never knew that was stimming. I do it when I'm anxious. Thank you for explaining this.
Thank you for explaining. I have a brother with Autism but he can speak he just has really bad episodes if you do something different with his day….everything has to be the same and if changing is needed you have to explain really well and multiple times….
I would like to mention that stimming isn’t just from bad experiences. Often times people with autism or adhd struggle with regulating emotions, an stimming is a way to release them, be it anxiety, anger, joy, excitement. Happiness is very overwhelming to me and I need to stim to get it all out or I’ll get overstimulated.
You give such good information in a very calm manner. ❤❤❤
Thanks for the insight about stimming !! And you don’t have to let us into family life but you do !! ❤❤ you for sharing /informing !!
Thank you Precious so much for explaining this to me.
I had some questions that you cleared up
This video is so useful to me as an autistic adult, you’ve helped me to identify more of my stims that I didn’t even realize were stimming behaviors.
Miko is lucky to have such an incredible mommy and daddy to support her through life🩷
Oh wow.
I stumbled onto your shorts and I fell in love with your content. It helps me look at my lil one with more understanding even though we don't have a diagnose or a suspicion. And I understand why I like lighters so much. So thank you
Thank you this was very informative. I will now look at my surroundings with wiser eyes.
I appreciate your page. I just came across you about a week ago. I have a 3 year old sonshine who is nonverbal autistic. I'm just hearing about the term "stim" or "stimming". 😮🤔 I feel like I've stumbled in many ways when it comes to picking up on my son's signs of autism. I was so ignorant to recognizing the signs early on even though he was a preemie and in early intervention. I understood that he was a little delayed in his milestones but I didn't recognize that he was nonverbal until after he turned 2. He was only saying about 3 words and 1 phrase and that's when I really started to notice his hand gestures and I noticed that he would have more frequent tantrums & outbursts. Now the only thing that would really calm him down was me rocking him and taking a bath because he loves to play in water. Well when he turned around 2 ½ that all changed and baths were now a struggle he went from being at home in the water to not even wanting to sit down in the water and he was kicking and screaming😳😓. I don't know what happened to cause it so I reduced it to something traumatic happened that I didn't recognize at the time and that triggered another "stim". He started spitting. Not just spitting at people or even just on people, but he spits just to play in it. He even plays in his water and juices, spitting them out just to play in it. I've tried everything in my brainpower to curve this habit but I feel like its some sort of defense mechanism he felt like he had to develop to protect himself😢. We've placed him in early education just to try something new against my and my husband's better judgment because I don't trust people and he can't speak. It has helped him some as far as being in a social environment learning social skills but his spitting has become an issue and I don't know what to do. No professional has advice on this. I'm just really trying to understand my son better and I pray for patience and understanding daily🙏🏾. I just appreciate seeing someone else with similar struggles handle it so gracefully. Do you have any other children? Thank you for you videos they are so informative and helpful. Ase sis!❤ P.S. Please forgive the long post.
He needs an in-person behavioral therapist
I sucked my thumb until I was 10. I got braces and everything ended up okay. I hope the same for any other thumb suckers ❤
That makes a lot of sense redirecting the behavior and have them focus on something else that's informative I didn't even know that. But it makes a lot of sense though
I am learning so much from you and your family. I thank you so much for sharing your journey ❤
Bless you for teaching us!
One of my stims from when I was a baby was heading rocking back and forth. Around 2018-2019 I stopped for awhile but I started doing it again this year. Besides that I have a bad habit of picking my cuticles and pimples on my body. One of the things also I always did as a child was hand flapping and clapping and I still do it today at 27.
Precious, thanks so much. That was very helpful! Blessings 🙏🏽♥️
Hello percious love yur videos ❤❤❤❤kp up the good work
Thank you so much!! You explained things perfectly!! I appreciate you! ❤️
my nephew loves his towel, he starts wrapping it around his body...he can go on for hours, However, I have seen that he starts stimming when he sees a towel...any towel....or headwrap...lol. So he has very mild autism...so we negotiate. I tell him its not time for the towel. he mostly listens. If its at night or early morning, then he can have his towel. I have been telling him also that he has a specific Towel. His Towel...not every and any towel. He is still 3 so I hope that by the time he is 5, we will have a system that works in tandem with school.
Yup . Whenever I’m under stress I unconsciously start to pick at scabs and it seems the pain doesn’t bother me
I kept a wound open for 2 years due to that need, it's rough,the endorphins are so needed.
Thanks for doing this video. I didn't know what it meant, but you explained it very well.
Thank you some much for sharing. Because of this I keep an eye on what my son does and how he reacts
You're such a beautiful mother ❤❤❤❤
The first time I began stimming was 3. I was watching my cousin stim and tried it myself as a very anxious kid. I remember being blown away at how much more stress was reduced. I still stim the same way and always carry my blanket with me.
I had to laugh when you talked about giving things to do with their hands and showed your daughter taking her thumb out of her mouth to do something with her hands. My daughter at that age would not take her thumb out of her mouth to do things with her hands. She would just bend down and do things with her fingers while her thumb was still firmly in her mouth. :D And often try to do things with the other hand while her finger was still firmly wrapped in her hair, too. I had always thought a thumb would be better than a pacifier because at least the kid would have to take the thumb out of their mouth to do things. Boy, was I wrong! :D
She didn't suck her thumb forever. She did well into childhood -- I don't even remember how many years -- I didn't pressure her to stop, it just happened when it happened. She would get that finger so tangled in her hair, too, that she would need help to untangle it.
Wonderful Information. You are a wonderful mom.
Thank you so much for talking to us about stimming my grandbaby have austim someone giving information on what they know help thank you and husband alway watch videos 😊😊
I've been watching the Zeigler's on TH-cam. Lots of people mention this channel in the comments. Seems behaviors of their baby are concerning the viewers but they don't seem to think anything of it.
I work with kids who are autistic. I love them they are so sweet.
Thank you for helping us understand.
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Stims are a way to self regulate. Sometimes it could be that its comforting or just feels good. If the child isn’t hurting herself or anyone else then it’s not a negative thing. Rocking , clapping or flapping shouldn’t be a stim that you should try to stop. Thanks for your videos.
So long as it's done in socially acceptable situations, then yes. Obviously if a child (old than a small toddler, ofc) is flapping around in public or randomly and constantly rocking or clapping out of nowhere outside of the home/around close family, the behavior needs to be curbed.
Very informative.
Thank you for the education! I had no idea.
My 2 year old is not autistic however she does get stimulated so stimming helps her regulate her emotions..It's getting better now because once I see she is starting..i ask her is she scared..nervous..tired..then we do breathing exercises...of course like you said this is different from someone with autism because they aren't truly aware of them doing it.
This helped me A LOT
Thank u so much! I'm learning this helped! I know now that I also stim...❤
Thank you so much for this video. As a child I sucked my thumb. I got school age and still did it but only at home and at night, I did this untill I was 12 years old. As an adult I find myself using a really soft cloth or blanket to rub on when I am upset.
Thank you,for sharing
When you pick at a hangnail and finally get it off of your finger, does it bleed and become painful? Here’s something I learned, I twist the hangnail until it just comes off, doesn’t bleed and doesn’t hurt. I pick at my lips too, because they are so dry, I try to put some type of moisturizer on them several times a day. Hope you’ll try the hangnail remover trick. 😊
Great information 👍🏾
Thank you so much I didn't know that stimming was also other way thank u for describing them for me
Thank you !!!!
Very informative. Thank you.
My 4 year old Grandson is non verbal autistic. One of his stims is grinding his teeth. Any suggestions on how to stop this or divert him away from it?
We haven't found a replacement for a sucking stim, 3 years after stopping the pacifier and no other stim works to relax our daughter. We are seriously considering giving her the pacifier back, 30 minutes a day, because she needs to be that relaxed. She is almost 7 years old, we have tried every stimming toy non of them relaxes her. We don't know what to do to help her to get a stim that doesn't disturb her teeth, pacifiers are the least harmful for a sucking stim.
You are doing an amazing job. Your darter has com a l9ng way. Just love her. God k new what he was doing. There is a good life coming in the future.She will amaze you🎉
Oh my! What do you put in the baby's hair for moisture?
❤hello, I have a 2 year old going on 3 which started walking on her tip toes suddenly. She has a bad thing of picking the skin on her lips to the point they are bleeding. If she is at day care and her crayon breaks she has a meltdown and will throw herself to the floors. When I dropped her off one day she screamed for an hour and a half throwing shoes and kicking. When they finally lulled her she stayed stuck to her teacher’s leg and would jump and shake at loud noises. I am awaiting an appointment to have her checked for autism. Also, she runs in a circle or gets upset and slams her tablet hard to the floor. We try to encourage her to use her words but a majority of the time she points, screams and cries ALOT.
What exactly is a sensory overload?
Wonderful!
All my blessings ❤
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, I SUCKED MY THUMB IN MY 30'S (AND I BELIEVE MY 20'S TOO).
You should get mikko a chewy necklace and stim toys
Thank u God bless
Have you guys tried chewing ‘toys’ that are used commonly for children with autism who show signs of pica?
My daughter is 5 now,&she just started eating by herself.she still sucks her thumb.i dont know how to stop her from sucking.she now has the two front tooth really big.
Pepper on the thumbs works like magic.
My son stimming to
What about jumping ?
My 6yr old sucks her blanket to self soothe
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my niece does not have Autism, she sucked her thumb and twist and mess with her hair until the age of 12, when the braces came, and the dentist put in an item to keep her from putting her thumb in her mouth, she was irritated but she got used to it!
Hello. 👋
My son use to shake his head and I really didn’t like it. I was able to get him to stop doing that🙏🏽🙏🏽 cause it was to much. Now he will try to make letters with his fingers, and he jumps. My son will also stop doing one thing and pick up another habit 😒😒. But for the most part he is doing well. When he goes thru his thing it’s very stressful 😒