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Not all autistic children spin, some display other 'stimming' behavior.
Stimming is a means of self-stimulation, often used by autistic people to regulate sensory input as a means of keeping themselves calm or expressing emotions. Autistic people have sensory problems, it's not that their senses are stronger but that what they feel neurologically from their senses is stronger to the point where it can cause discomfort. Stimming is a way of controlling sensory input, rather than a bunch of sensory stimulation from the environment around them autistic people will stim in order to give themselves one very clear form of stimulation that they control.
Spinning is just one example of this, another example is rocking. For example I'm autistic and when I'm upset I tap my fingers: the feeling of the finger tapping and the sound of the tapping is a strong constant rhythm of touch and sound so it's easy to focus on that rather than the mass of irregular sounds or sensations around me.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 7y agoIt's called stimming-which is a self-stimulation. Some do it to calm themselves or express their emotions. But not every autistic child/adult spins. Some might just rock back and forth or just hand flap, flutter their fingers. Some might like things that spin (like the wheels of a toy car, spinning plate). Some like me for example might go around a pole or a tree.
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∙ 13y agoThey like to watch moving things because that is what interests them.
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Do autistic kids like learning?
Yes, autistic children like learning. Most children enjoy learning because it is what they are designed to do, to learn in order to develop and grow. Autistic children may enjoy learning more if learning about something that interests them, autistic people often have 'special interests' that they spend a lot of time and effort learning about and can become expert in.
Can an autistic person make a child?
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Autistic people are just as varied in their tastes as neurotypical people or allistic people as a whole. There is no one type of art that Autistic people like in general, everyone has different tastes.
Do autistic children prefer or feel safer to be touched by nonliving things eg machines hugging machine robots poles sticks etc than by human touch?
no. kids with autism are just like any other children, they like to be hugged by friends and familyANSWER:Many autistic children do not enjoy human touch, and in fact, shy away from it.
Could autistics marry other autistics?
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Why do people with autism think like animals?
Autistic people do not think like animals. It is offensive to suggest that Autistic people (not 'people with autism') think like animals, we think like people because we are people.
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Do girls like cute autistic guys?
yes and they like to hug them too
What is Flag spinning?
spinning a flag around like big drumsticks
How many autistic Amish are there?
Autism is a spectrum. It's like asking "How many restaurants serve coffee that isn't hot?" A TSS who worked with autistic children in Lancaster County got upset when that Washington newspaper asserted that autism was unknown among the Amish. It's not. It is diagnosed less often, she admitted,but that's because, in her opinion, the Amish lifestyle is less stressful for kids. Many autistic kids are terribly upset by loud and busy environments. There's also a financial inventive for schools to get an autism diagnoses for kids that, in Amish schools, are simply considered, "all boy." It's probably as common in the Amish as in English populations.
Do people with autism have a special talent like drawing or math?
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