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self-stimulatory en · ADJ

Etymology

From self- + stimulatory.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to self-stimulation.
    • Appropriate play with toys was studied in two autistic children with high occurrences of self-stimulatory behavior 1974, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior:
    • Medical culture constrains stimming through strict clinical designations and pathologizing definitions, referring to it as stereotypies or "self-stimulatory behaviours." Autistic people, however, often define stimming more broadly as repetitive sensory practices used to regulate emotional states, to cope with external sensory stimuli, or for purposes of self-expression. 2021, Erin Felepchuk, “Stimming, Improvisation, and COVID-19: (Re)negotiating Autistic Sensory Regulation During a Pandemic”, in Disability Studies Quarterly, volume 41, number 3, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2022: