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Young autistic boy stimming with cold water in the kitchen sink. Stimming behavior is almost always present in autistic people, but does not, on its own, necessarily indicate the diagnosis. [9] [23] The biggest difference between autistic and non-autistic stimming is the type of stim and the quantity of stimming. [23]
More specifically, prevalence estimates of catatonia among people with neurodevelopmental disorders (of which autism is one) have ranged from 6-20.2%, with the mean estimate falling at 9%; [1] similarly, in a recent meta-analysis of 12 studies of autistic catatonia, Vaquerizo-Serrano et al. suggest that catatonia is found in 10.4% of autistic ...
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Autistic meltdown describes an intense, often uncontrollable response to an overwhelming situation experienced by some autistic individuals. Angry outbursts in autistic people have been referred to as meltdowns that manifest as an intense reaction, [ 1 ] but such outbursts are different to true meltdowns, which always take some time to recover ...
Actor Freddie Highmore from ABC's new breakout hit drama series, "The Good Doctor," stopped by BUILD Series last week to dish about his latest role as the autistic and savant syndrome stricken ...
Autistic people struggle to understand the social context and subtext of neurotypical conversational or printed situations, and form different conclusions about the content. [111] Autistic people may not control the volume of their voice in different social settings. [112] At least half of autistic children have atypical prosody. [112]
Stim may refer to: STIM (Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå), Swedish Performing Rights Society; Stimming, repetitive self-stimulating behavior, often observed in autistic people; Stim, an autoinjector carrying drugs for emergency use. A common type contains epinephrine, the epinephrine autoinjector. Other drugs may be contained ...