Tag: stimming

lucasscheelk:

frodoismycat:

It’s hard to read, so I didn’t finish it but it’s nice.

I can help out with that, @frodoismycat

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A Prayer for a Non-Religious Autistic

By: Lucas Scheelk

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May my special interests combat depressive episodes

May my stimming fingers repair what self-harm has taken away

May my clothing layers be my armor

May my toes be graceful, sturdy, and stealthy for travel

May my pocketed stim toys provide comfort in public

May my routines keep me safe

May my routines keep me safe

May my routines keep me safe

May my sensory weapons – be it music, be it noise-cancelling headphones, be it sunglasses, be it grounding smells – defeat the presence of crowds, defeat the sirens, defeat the sun, defeat dissociation

May my self-love flourish, no matter how small

May my reminders aide my memory

May my reminders aide my memory

May my reminders aide my memory

May my hyperfocus enhance my self-education

May my infodumps release overloading information – verbal or otherwise

May my heart shield when necessary

May my logic question and deduce

May my surroundings continuously rain when I am most in need

For I am worthy

For I am worthy

For I am worthy

May my repetition help me heal

May my repetition help me heal

May my repetition help me heal

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@couragetobe – You can find my poem at QDA: A Queer Disability Anthology (I saw in your tags that you were wondering which book it came from)

neurowonderful:

somecrazybiatch:

neurowonderful:

(Image description: A partial screenshot of a blog post. The title reads “How I reduced screaming and verbal stimming in my child with autism”, and below that is a colour photograph of a hand holding a rectangular plastic “clicker” device.)

[snip]

I don’t agree with everything this lady did, especially the correction of verbal stimming, but I think the basis of this is fairly good practice with any child.  You reward good behaviors and correct unwanted behaviors, which can be done through time-outs, taking away something of value to the child, or simply ignoring them.  People don’t like hearing about methods that sound like dog training, but, as a dog trainer, I’ve seen firsthand that the minds of dogs and children are pretty darn similar, and they can usually be taught in similar manners.  In my child development class, we talked about how some speech therapists will utilize positive reinforcements to encourage speech in autistic children, basically training them to talk.  They started out rewarding any noise, and then slowly specified to rewarding words, and then rewarding sentences.  The clicker seems awful, but it’s actually a good tool to phase out food as a reward, while still giving a reward.  This may have been a really old method, but it worked.  I don’t think this is an attempt to “cure” a child, but to effectively teach them more appropriate behaviors, like communication.  Personally, I would think it’s really important to teach effective communication, for the sake of the child.  Obviously, the child needs something, they’re trying to communicate something, but can’t do so in a way that their caregivers can understand.  Is it so wrong to teach children how to express themselves so that they can fulfill their wants and needs?

I’m going to go ahead and be blunt here.

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neurowonderful:

autistic-jake-english:

(Names for each in captions)
Hello everyone! I’m doing a giveaway with all these cool stim products !!
These range from chewing toys to weighted clothing, each one for its own use, I will giving two of each out in this and each winner will get their pick in 3 – 4 items that are available until I run out!

Deadline December 20th

Rules:
– Sorry this isn’t for neurotypical people 😦
– You must have some way for me to send this to you
– You must reblog this!!
– If I find out you’ve sent hate for any reason it’s a no no

Have fun!

Really neat giveaway! Yay stim toys and helpful sensory things!

stimtastic:

To celebrate the launch of Stimtastic, I’m giving away a whole bunch of stim toys, fidget and chewy jewelry and autism-related books.

Giveaway rules:

  • Reblog this post to enter. If you want to signal boost without entering, just put a “signal boosting” note when you reblog. 
  • Maximum of 3 entries per person (1 for a comment on the blog post announcing the giveaway, 1 for a reblog on Tumblr, 1 for a comment/like on the Facebook status)
  • The giveaway is open to everyone (over 18 or under 18 with parental permission), including those outside the US.
  • Giveaway ends Monday, November 24th at 11:59 p.m. EST
  • Each of the photos here represents 1 giveaway item/set of items. See the photo descriptions below for details of each giveaway item/set of items. 
  • 10 winners will be chosen at random on November 25th. The first winner chosen will get first pick of the items. The second winner can choose from the remaining items and so on. The tenth winner will receive the remaining item.
  • No giveaway blogs.
  • You must have your ask box open so I can contact you if you win and you must be willing to provide me with a shipping address (PO Box is fine).

Good luck!

Image descriptions: There are 10 images showing the items being given away.

Image 1 shows 3 stim toys: a bendable toy with a hand on each end imprinted with text that reads “flappy hands are happy hands”, a tangle Junior, and a Klix.

Image 2 shows 2 pieces of chewable silicone jewelry, a necklace with a red twist shaped pendant and a red bangle bracelet.

Image 3 shows a tin of green colored thinking putty and a green fabric covered gel stress ball.

Image 4 shows the cover of a book that is blue, features a photo of a woman swinging her purse, and reads “Nerdy Shy and Socially Inappropriate”.

Image 5 shows 2 stainless steel spinner rings, one with a black infinity symbols and one with a black arrow symbols

Image 6 shows a bracelet made of stainless steel bike chain style links in blue and silver.

Image 7  shows 5 highlighters in the shapes of large Lego-style building blocks.

Image 8 shows 2 pieces of chewable silicone jewelry, a necklace with a purple donut shaped pendant and a lime green square bangle bracelet.

Image 9 shows a necklace with a small dog pendant that has a black body and silver head and legs as well as a paracord keychain in alternating red and black pattern.

Image 10 shows a book cover that reads “I Think I Might Be Autistic” in white on a blue background with a set of colored pencils at the bottom of the cover.

autisticliara:

a little post of cool stimmy things and where to find them

  • thimbles (anywhere that sells sewing or craft supplies)
  • tangle toys
  • space bracelets ( 1, 2, 3, 4 )
  • how to make rainbow suds
  • how to make/ where to buy glitter jars
  • play dough/ plasticine (any where that sells toys)
  • chew bracelets/ necklaces
  • put some craft glue ( can be found anywhere that sells craft supplies ) on your skin and pick it off throughout the day
  • if you go to a place that sells fabrics, find a fabric you like and ask for a sample, you should be able to get a little bit of that fabric free of charge instead of buying a big chunk of fabric that you don’t need (please don’t abuse this though)
  • a calming playlist

Could you talk about autistic Clint Barton, please?? :D

jabberwockypie:

resplendeo:

wolfstarforever:

  • Autistic Clint building nests in high places so no one will mess with them and his carefully arranged textures will stay perfect and he’ll be farther from the noise.
  • Autistic Clint fin ding the perfect texture for his bow’s grip and spending hours rubbing it over his skin.
  • Autistic Clint’s special interest is archer and he knows everything about the different types of bows and arrows and it’s history.
  • Autistic Clint stimming by moving his fingers in complex motions and telling people he doesn’t know well it’s and archer thing when asked about it.
  • Autistic Clint holds back his infodumps to seem professional and not attract attention. At least once a week Coulson asks him if he learned anything new about archery so he can infodump freely.
  • Autistic Clint making little noises to himself as he works without knowing Natasha can hear him. She doesn’t tell him partly to not embarrass him partly because she thinks it’s adorable.
  • Autistic Clint hides in one of his nests when he has a meltdown because he feels safe there. Fury doesn’t know why Coulson is so adamant that he not have Clint’s nests removed or even touched, but complying.
  • Autistic Clint getting really excited when Captain America does a press conference and, when asked about the anti-vaxxers, calls them out on their bullshit.
  • Autistic Clint, man, autistic Clint.

okay, yeah

This makes me smile.

I want to ask Autistic Clint to explain some archery stuff to me. Maybe the history of the repeating crossbow?

Autistic Clint and the intersection between his autism and his Deafness

Autistic Clint stimming with his hands and it’s actually closer to verbal stimming than physical stimming because he’s riffing off sign words he really likes

Autistic Clint humming as a stim because he likes the vibration, not because he can really hear it

Autistic Deaf Clint!