It is sooooo important and appreciated that you spoke on POC and how easily POC including children that have disabilities or have diagnosed mental illness can be and have been mistreated and misunderstood based on their out behaviors, sometimes fatally so.

As a neurotypical person I used to feel uncomfortable and weirded out when I saw Autistic people stimming in public because that's how society taught me to act, but after watching videos from you and Fathering Autism my eyes have been opened into this whole other world and now I find myself just uncontrollably smiling from ear to ear seeing other people (neurotypical or non-neurotypical) stim because I just know that they're soothing themselves and now I have found it to be vicariously self-soothing. You are a beautiful person Paige and you inspire me :)

Is no one going to talk about how good her singing is???I literally came back to this video just to hear her singing.Also,I found out that certain comforting stims where you touch yourself(like stroking your chin when you're confused,crossing your arms when you're mad) are basically like mimicking the touch of another human being.Which is a really interesting fact(BTW,I only read 1 thing about it so I might be wrong,correct me if I am,I usually get my information from multiple sources and not just one but I wanted to share it anyway)

I've "beaten" autism tests so many times I was sure I didn't have it so now when I finally got the diagnose I'm starting to understand and see all of these things I've been carrying with me and go like "HOLY SHIT, THAT WAS AN AUTISM THING!?"

I’ve never realised that singing could be a stim. I sometime feel the urge to sing. But I just thought it was just because you know?

I have to say, as a neurotypical, when I was very young (five, six-ish years old), there was an autistic man in my neighborhood who lived with his parents. They would walk around the block. He would often yell as a stim. The noise scared me at first, as any loud vocalizing would. My parents explained, probably not entirely knowing what “stims” are, that some people just make sounds and that is totally okay. Even today, I, at 18 years old, never think twice when I see the family walk around the block.

Man, there are certain *feels* of certain songs that are interesting and I want to repeat them. I never thought of this as stimming. I like low notes that are still in my range, and I like held-out notes, and certain sequences of sound; sometimes when I'm singing a song in a different way I'll stop and repeat a phrase that's different from the original but feels neat to my head. I'll repeat it several times in a row, even.

I know this is a little off topic but can we talk about how ANGELIC her voice is AAAAHHH ITS SO PRETTY 💚💚💚

I witnessed my daughter stimming in the backseat of my car after I picked her up from day camp last week and it was the first time I knew what was happening in that moment. I silently waited for her until she seemed to be done and then we had a nice conversation about how her day went. These videos have helped me so much to understand her beautiful little mind and what she needs to flourish, because it's firsthand and I appreciate everything you're doing so much!

My 4 year old daughter flaps her hands like crazy when she’s happy, and it’s so incredibly precious and it’s how we know she is feeling excited or happy when she can’t tell us with her words. I really enjoy your videos because a lot of your personality reminds me of my daughter.

As a person with both touretts and autism, singing is a huge stim for me. There are Moments I don’t realize I’m doing it, and my mom stops me ‘cause it’s “ embarrassing out in public.” I really appreciate someone normalizing stimming in public. 😊😊

As a father of an autistic kid I love these videos, my kid is nonverbal, so It's amazing to hear from somebody that faces similar challenges what they really mean. Great content and great voice! Thanks for sharing with us your point of view of stim!

When I flapped my hands to stim as a kid, my grandmother would tell me "don't do that, you look autistic". I find it regretful that she would try to shame me for being myself. She judges everyone from a glance. In my experience, the only people who care about what people think of them, are those who also judge other people for irrelevant things. Edit: I don't agree with my previous sentence; I don't think everyone who cares about what others think of them also judge people. A lot of you in the comments changed my mind about this, and I'm really sorry for ever making this assumption. I can understand the anxiety that comes with strangers staring at you. I'm trans, and gender dysphoria is a constant worry when I go out. I always wonder if people can notice that something is "off" with me. It was kind of hypocritical of me to talk like I don't also care about what others think of me. Again, sorry for making any of you feel uncomfortable!

Also, unrelated to main content, but: - Nice bangs! They look pretty. - Nice singing voice! - Congrats on home ownership status!

It's fascinating how different you look when fully immersed in your stims, the mask just comes off.

No lie, you are the person that made me feel comfortable with my stims. I used to hide them so much, people would ask me what I was doing and I would pretend that they didn’t see me stim. That was my life. I feel so much more confident in my own body since I stoped suppressing them

as an autistic POC I have to say you are darn right about it being "dangerous" to stim for people like me. It makes people feel uneasy more than "white" people stimming in public for some unknown reason. Just wondering if you have witnessed this in real life or is it from something you heard or read?

i recently talked to my mom about possibly being autistic and when I brought up stimming she was like "no you don't stim stimming is more visible and dangerous" and it was so invalidating... I'm 20 years old and i stim in ways that aren't that visible or are more acceptable in public.. it's more visible/"weird movements" when im alone. hearing my mom completely deny me when i was trying to open up to her was super hurtful. if you're a friend or family member of someone with autism, or even someone who thinks they might have autism, don't act like you know them more than they know themselves.. there are always things you don't know about them. they could act completely different when they aren't masking..

My daughter is almost 3 & she has stimmed in a very particular way since she was about 8 months old. When she sees something new, feels the wind on her face, gets tired, sees something that makes her incredibly happy her entire body tensed up, her mouth opens (almost like a surprised look) & her hands open and shut next to her face. I’ve had people ask “what is she doing…?” And I simply tell them “she is feeling and seeing the world in ways that most can’t & its her way of expressing that through her body” I LOVE when my daughter stims. I encourage it. She is it OT & Speech right now. ABA was suggested and when I did my research and saw that stimming was one of those things seen as a “negative, interrupting behavior” I bawled my eyes out. There was no way in hell someone was going to change that about my girl. She is beautiful and amazing and I’d have it no other way. Thank you so much for explaining stimming from an autism standpoint. It helped me understand a lot more why my daughter stims & I appreciate it so much.

I was stopped from stimming ALL MY LIFE, sometimes with medication, sometimes with yelling. In school I was punished constantly. Now I'm learning to do it again and, frankly, watching you is really helping. Also it does feel very good, but I am still slightly scared to do it

I was a HUGE happy flapper as a kid, but I quickly became embarrassed by the looks I would receive and taught myself to immediately stop if I caught myself doing it. I still flap to a lesser degree and I’m trying to be kinder to myself about it. I can’t describe the joy that welled up in me seeing you stim so freely. Thank you Paige 💕

My stimming tends to make people super f*ckin uncomfortable. I can't stand most textures, and when I'm on the phone I have to have some kind of oral stim during(relatable to smokers) and will walk in small circles hundreds of times if no one checks me on it. Sorry for the comments just writing as I listen! And you have a BEAUTIFUL singing voice

I work as a TA with 3-5 year olds and used to really try and hide my stimming but actually the kids really feed off the energy when I stim while talking about an exciting topic and I’ve had kids that wouldn’t usually engage with lessons be engaged when I’m teaching because they see how exciting I find it.

watching you stim makes me really wonder what I would be if I didnt mangle my mind with masking. And I am really happy and greatful for your generation. I do sing, hum, whistle, etc. but you know. it annoys people.

I'm so happy that you've talked about how stimming is not reserved for autistic or neurodivergent persons. As a neurotypical, I stim a lot, and it has always made me uncomfortable in social situation, because I feel like people are going to judge me for doing something you wouldn't expect in such or such setting. As a child, I wouldn't really care nor realise this, but growing up, having friends being embarrassed over me doing things in public really created some kind of Pavlovian response and I started restricting myself more and more. I hope that one day, everyone can just do what they want when they want, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. PS: Singing is also something I love very much, I literally can't spend a day without doing so! I'm happy to see I'm not alone :)

After learning about stims, it seems like there are popular neurotypical versions: Visual stims for neurotypicals - when they check out satisfying compilations, like someone fitting a puzzle piece perfectly or making a perfect ice cream cone spiral, or hand drawing a perfectly round-looking circle, etc. Auditory stims for neurotypicals - when they check out ASMR compilations, like listening to someone type keys on a keyboard, click a pen repeatedly, crinkle plastic wrapping, etc. Anyone else agree, or am I wrong about this?

Folks: We've got words on racist discrimination, we've got pansexual pride, we've got words on self-pleasure, and as always, we've got terms and experiences related to autism. And an invitation to everyone to stim?! I rate this video based :D

I think stimming is common with any neurological disorder. My teen daughter has had stimming behaviours since she was a baby. She is not on the autistic spectrum, but she does have ADD and anxiety, and she especially stims when she is anxious or stressed. What she does is rock her upper body back and forth. When she was a baby, she did it in her crib. Now she does it when she is alone and listening to music on her headphones. I think the music relaxes her. She also uses the music as a way to disguise her stimming. If you walk in on her while she is rocking, she will claim that she is just moving to the music (but mom knows better😉).

I know it's not the point but you have an incredible voice. Edit: Ps this is coming from a singer who is extremely judgemental of people's voices lol. But that tone is beautiful and perfectly on pitch. Also great shape to the notes.

Stims are so misunderstood. Thank you for being so candid with us to represent the community.

I've had complicated feelings towards my brother for most of my life. He were my best friend when we were little but I also often felt annoyed, disgusted, irritated etc around him. He used to flap his hands and I used to think that was dumb. After learning about stimming, I realized he's flapping his hands when he's really excited about something. Now it's become my soft spot, I still have a lot of negative feelings towards him (which is not his fault but they are a result of my diagnoses and how I see others) but I find the hand flapping so precious and something about him that really doesn't annoy me or irritate me in any way, as I all of a sudden UNDERSTAND it! Understanding things is everything!

My beautiful 4yr old baby girl has just recently been diagnosed with Autism . Your videos are helping me so much navigate this journey . 💗

The children I work with stim a lot and it’s so wholesome to see their peers accepting their jumps, squeals and other stimming 🥰

i had developed so much shame when it comes to stimming especially those stims that really made me stand out. seeing you now and seeing other autistics on the internet in general has helped me immensely. my body even remembered some of the stims i used to do in childhood!!!! best source of happiness

I like singing as a stim! I can sing for hours and hours! Im glad you talked about neurodivergent poc and the dangers of stimming in public! Also I am an age regressor so alot of my toys, pacis, and teethers help out when I'm feeling stimmy. I'm in the process of getting a diagnosis for autism and its been pretty stressful so I have been feeling very stimmy lately. Seeing other people stim also makes want to stim. I hope one day I'll be confident and safe enough to stim in public.

The way you compared stimming to masturbation was brilliant. You are so entertaining to watch and this was so informative. I realised recently that I like to stim and have recently referred myself to my local autism screening service as I am not diagnosed and believe I may be on the autism spectrum. Keep doing what you do and keep being you!! Thank you

I'm neurotypical but my leg shakes, particularly when tired. A doctor told me it was Restless Leg Syndrome so it's different from a stim but has a similar releasing effect. I can stop it but it makes the urge to do it worse. My family, who I live with, grab my leg to try and stop it from shaking. It has no negative effect on them and I need to do it, but they still try and force me to stop. I hope the world becomes more accepting of stimming or 'abnormal' behaviour.

And such big congrats on your home! I'm glad you mentioned how police react to these behaviors. A close friend of mine at the time was deaf and had tourettes, and police threw him on the ground and put a BAG OVER HIS HEAD because he couldn't hear them say "put your hands up!" Granted he was being approached bc of his violent behavior but regardless to me it was extremely wrong to do to a person with these conditions.

I'm an autistic teen (rn on my little sisters account) and I also have anxiety which causes me to fidget/stim even harder and when I'm having an anxiety attack I move my legs back and forth really fast. Most people get confused and weirded out even though I don't even stim half as much around people so I'm glad that people like you are teaching others about this:)

This video is the one that introduced me to your channel and I am glad it was this one. As a 34 year old male with autism it is very difficult to even exist with the constant criticism or demoralizing comments. Your videos are amazing and you really are doing something amazing here on KZfaq. Thank you!

Also, yes! That’s exactly how I feel when I have the urge to stim, like a build up, then a release of endorphins when you let it happen. When you suppress it, it makes the build up more uncomfortable. Like a mosquito bite that’s really itchy, but not allowed to touch it. The urge will eventually go away, but it isn’t pleasant.

I think it would be better to compare tics to sneezing, and stims to coughing, because although you can't really control a sneeze you can control a cough if you want to. So yeah I guess, just wanted to throw that out there

You are just so self aware and do the work that EVERYONE should do. I think your self-work on emotion regulation-and your channel in general- are such an incredible service to the world. I have two sons, ages 17 and 7. The oldest was believed to have ADHD growing up, but didn’t respond to meds, and was later diagnosed as having OCD. My youngest son was diagnosed with Tourette’s over the summer, but has not yet displayed OCD or ADHD behaviors. Your videos are such a great resource for me as I work to try to embrace my sons and meet them where they are, and hopefully be able to help them when they need me to advocate for them. I believe it is MY JOB to learn how they learn best and adapt to them, rather than expect them to succeed in a world that isn’t suited for them.

GIRL!!! O-M-G-G!! I just got hired to work in a special needs class. We have 6 students...at least 5 have Autism, all different levels. You have helped me tremendously!! Some of our students touch themselves, but not as a sexual gratification thing. I recognized it as stimming as the students were not "completing the task", so to speak :) Your video is an absolute eye opener and I am going to share it with my co-workers

Lol I was helping my dad with a DIY thing and he needed a little bottle of glue shaken up because it was old so he handed it to me and I started stimming. Did the job pretty well!

Before I was told by my therapist that she thinks I have autism and everything that I did started to click into place. Whenever I’m in social situations I leave and go to the bathroom or something and I flap my hands and arms (stimming) and I used to think I was weird for doing things that are deemed ‘childish’ and ‘weird’. But know that I know this about myself, I feel way more at ease with myself. And have started to let myself stim more. I still mask a lot in public but every now and then I will let my self stim for a while, kinda like what you did in this video, and I don’t feel ashamed of myself. Thank you sm for your account you’ve helped me a lot.

Paige I’m allistic but I find your videos to be the most helpful I’ve seen on YT so far for understanding my autistic friends :) I thought it was really interesting hearing that everyone stims. The most intense desire to stim & intense gratification from stimming I’ve experienced has been while tripping on mushrooms. That may sound weird, but it feels the most relatable to the autistic stim experience you described. Making random vocalizations, touching certain textures for an extended period of time, rolling around on the ground, closely watching something, etc all feel borderline orgasmic with how satisfying they are 😅 it’s like an intense joy explosion. Just thought I’d share! Curious if any other neurotypical people feel similarly :)

You sing extremely well and when you were doing 'Hallelujah' I got 4 chills/stims from it. Beautiful. Perhaps this may help. I read a science fiction short story about a boy who had to 'unwind' himself to feel more 'normal'. As he grew older he learned to save his unwinding until the end of the day when he could do what turns/twists/spins he needed in private. As the story ended it was revealed that he was born in orbit and his unwinding was to realign himself with a particular planet and the unwinding was as if a cord or string were connecting him to that planet and has to be untwisted from time to time. Maybe stimming is a reaction to a build up of some unseen tension from an unknown source (or no source at all) that needs to be released in the only way you have found to do that. I find myself turning around 'the other way' when I feel a tension build up. I also have the 'Jimmy leg' as described by Kramer from Seinfeld TV show.

I hope the way I say this comes across correctly. As someone who works in special education it makes me so hopeful to see you understanding your stimming, and being an advocate for it. I work closely with OT to provide effective stims for my students and when they find something that provides them that relief they need it is so life changing. Thank you for being an advocate and educating those around you. You’re truly amazing Paige.

“Everybody Stims” Put that on a T-shirt!

I had no idea that singing could be a stim! I’m trying to educate myself on stiming as a neurotipical person, so this was a great video for me! Sometimes I’ll wake up and be like “aah I need to sing a certain note!” Just cause it feels nice idk, so maybe that’s a stim! Great video, I love learning more

The singing with the popit made me so happy. I sing all the time as a stim so I really relate🥹

Thank you SO much Paige for bringing awareness to poc stimming vs Caucasian individuals & how police view them are completely different. This is so important as my daughter is 5, black & autistic. Stimming should be more normalized as a whole 💜

My stims: -Punching the air with my right hand when frustrated or angry -Shaking my right foot -Twirling my hair to the point of knots - Playing with the Popper thing -Saying words (often trisyllabic ones) I like the sound of after someone else says them (ex. glockenspiel, paradiddle, etc.) -Chewing straws -Chewing shirts (I’ve stopped doing this one) -Letting out happy squeaks -Scratching myself when I feel disgusted or disturbed (yeah, I’ll try to stop this one)

This is the first video of yours Ive watched and just wanted to say *thank you* for talking about the differences that a person of color may face in society. And how it is different from them. It is important. So. Thank you.

Omg the joy on your face at the little popping sounds makes me grin so, so hard!

Oh! The joy in her face when she pops them makes me feel so happy

this made me feel way better about behaviours I’ve always tried to suppress because it’s not considered normal (I’m an adult woman in my early 20s and in process of getting diagnosed atm), and it’s so nice to understand and see someone else try to describe the feeling of stimming, cos it’s kind of indescribable

Oh my, your singing voice is just so soothing. I just feel so relaxed after listening to it( I was having a peculiar morning emotionally for some reason). If you ever make a album/cd/whatever that had you singing, I would DEFINITELY buy it

Thank you for your video. It's been super enlightening! I just got diagnosed with autism and adhd on Aug 20, 2021. I had no idea that I was stimming my entire life. Repeating what others say, repeatedly opening my mouth, flicking my thumb up and down my fingertips, popping bubblewrap, rubbing my cat's super soft fluffy belly for hours at a time, rubbing my hand in fleece blankets, singing deeply so it vibrates my whole body. I'm sure there are others that I just don't realize.

My almost 3 yr old stims by yelling when she's excited, side to side sway, chewing, smelling or caressing her face or fingers with her blankie, making certain sounds over & over. I love it all 🖤🥰

The more I research about autism in girls the more I think that I might be autistic but at the same time I know that it is bad to self diagnose and I’m scared that I’m making it all up in my mind and I don’t really wanna tell my parents that I think this cuz I think they will just brush it off

"bouncing leg up and down when your stressed" me literally doing that at that very moment

can we talk about how beautiful your singing is? you're so amazing so it's not like it's surprising but it's literally beautiful ❤

I do something my family called “happy hands” which I now found out is called flapping, my most common stim

Your singing voice is really soothing. I sing too especially when driving.

You're so cute! You remind me so much of me when I was younger. I've been diagnosed with ADD recently but the concept of Autism has come to my attention, especially with issues my kids are going thru. My son is Autistic and stims a lot and I couldn't understand it. This explains it so much better. Thank you for your videos, your energy is awesome 💜

I definitely need one of this colored stuff that pops. The sound of it makes me so happy !

Now I know I’ve had lots of stims my whole life, but I didn’t initially think I did. Then I learned my nonstop singing was a vocal and auditory stim and that opened me up to learning more and accepting that this was a huge part of me. Lovely voice, it’s always so wonderful to hear from another sing-stimmer!

13:40 and I am crying over how much I felt through her voice. This was an amazing video, all the insight and information was on point and suddenly beautiful acapella singing to then finish it up on further information, this was a powerful video.

Just discovered your channel, and I wanted to say I love how genuine you are. You're not afraid to show your true colors and that makes people like me appreciate themselves a little more perhaps. You're a beautiful person!

You're just so sweet, and genuine, and adorable 🥰 Thank you for shedding so much light on this topic and just being you!! You make it easier to be myself too. Can't say thank you enough for being authentic for us all to see ❤️

I love how you help people to relate to you even if they are neurotypical. I find educating my classmates about how I work and some of my friends work is done most efficiently when I help them see similarities between us and them, to eliminate that segregation of thought and understand we are all just people and function like people, so, in understanding that, we can understand each other.

I just have to say when you sang hallelujah I got tears in my eyes, you sing so beautifully. Also, thank you for all of your videos. You help so many people understand others and their selfs so much better, nd and nt alike. Also, you are just truly amazing in every way.

I suspect that I have low support autism and I’m currently dealing with emotional suppression. I feel I’ve learned to stim in sneaky ways to be socially acceptable. Hearing you describe stimming is giving me the courage to keep going to get back in touch with myself. Thank you for sharing

Seeing you so happy when stimming so lovely to see, I really don't get why some people have such an issue with stimming and people being happy, just seeing people happy that way brightens my day

I chew a lot, ever since I was a kid. I have permanent scars on my fingers from chewing too much. Pens, pencils, barbie feet... When I learned about chewlery, I had to buy a ton... You can just LOOK at things and know they'll feel great on your teeth (or behind your molars. Love that.)

"Sit with that uncomfortability for a minute." YAAAS, girl!! THAT'S how you change the world!

I never thought about how POC could be so negatively perceived for displaying traits of neurodivergence or disability! Thank you for mentioning that, it's definitely opened my eyes

Hey! I'm a neurotypical girl who has really enjoyed your channel so far. While I do not have autism, I find that I can really relate to some points that you talk about. I was very smart in school, but didn't have many friends and struggled to relate to others. I shared your interest in being right, and I didn't understand why other people wouldn't want to find the absolute truth. Every time I start to learn a new subject, I get completely overwhelmed with questions and understanding how much I don't know. I've also got some hypersensitivity to senses like being driven wild by any tiny thing touching my face, or getting headaches from the sound of a fan. I love that I'm able to find things in common with you, because it is so much easier to understand and be empathetic to a person or group of people if you can relate to them. I also love how you talk about how you solve the problems you have, such as setting up your space in a way that reduces the number of steps to get a task done, and how you talked about stimming. I often make clicking noises with my mouth when I need to focus, and shuffle a deck of cards when I'm feeling anxious. You've helped me to understand why I do those things, and that those actions are useful for me to regulate my emotions, and I'm leaning into it! This has provided great insight into how I can accommodate autistic people when I interact with them. Thank you for helping me to understand autism more, and also helping me grow! You're so articulate, well educated, and approachable, you're doing a great job of raising awareness!

I have always felt the urge to rock back and forth when I sit on the floor. It’s a been a thing since early elementary but I remember being told not to do it or else I’d be labeled as “retarded”. I definitely suppressed a harmless stim that would have made me feel better all because of ableism

I've got a full-body stim that's incredibly obvious to anyone around me. I learned early on not to do it, and to my parents and everyone, I grew out of it. But even at 23, I'll sometimes try to seclude myself and stim for a few seconds. At home alone, if something interesting (not necessarily good or bad) happens, I'll just start doing that stim for minutes at a time, not really able to stop myself until I've worn myself out. For most of my life, I had no idea why the heck I did that. I have *never* heard of someone doing the same thing. Only recently did I realize it's a stim and may be connected to some undiagnosed Autism.

Was literally swaying and rocking as I watched this which is definitely one of my sims 😆 You have a beautiful singing voice to, I'm glad it brings you joy.

My stimming is disappearing into my room and listening to music with ear buds to get lost in my dream world. It is always in the dark, but with a night light. Lol. Very calming.

I love that you have the confidence to be authentically you. There are so many things I'd love to do like the stimming here in your video but I just feel society wouldn't accept it. I'm white myself but I loved you acknowledge how much more difficult it is for POC as well.

Your freckles are so cute!!! Paige has been getting SUN!

I have ADD and for my whole life always tap my foot or shake my legs when I am even a under a little bit of stress. My mom will still tell me to stop doing it (I just turned 29) and the feeling I get when someone tells me to stop moving my legs is like nails on a chalkboard through my whole body and it becomes all I can think about. It is about time that I start mentally preparing for what to say next time it inevitably happens. Thank you for sharing and making me more comfortable with my own stim!

Paaaaiiiggee please make more of these i feel so much joy and excitement seeing you in your element. I’ve been trying so hard to unmask and found stimming to be IMMENSELY helpful. I sometimes stim and it’ll make me tic too like i cant stop flapping an object until that energy is released and that smiley crinkle nose face captures exactly how it feels even with the shoulders raised and everything. ( sorry if im perceiving u too hard lol)

I've had to suppress my stimming as my parents absolutely hate it (my mum especially). I used to flap my arms and hands a lot but my mum largely got me to stop by yelling at me whenever I did it because it was "a bad habbit". One of the hardest things to control is leg shaking, which I do almost constantly and get yelled at for doing. Around the house, I cover myself in a fluffy blanket, something my parents aren't happy with but accept (even though they constantly make fun of me for it). If I make an odd sound, they get angry with me because "it's what people with severe mental illnesses do"; I also have headphones in most of the time, often listening to music but still listening to everything around me which is another thing I get yelled at for because "I'm not listening" because apparently, nobody can focus on more than one thing at a time.

Stumbled across your channel today accidentally. Thank you for these videos, they are helping me understand my sons autism far more than any health professional has. Also hearing you sing Hallelujah just broke me it was truly beautiful. 🐺❤

Your voice is absolutely beautiful, I can’t believe it came from a human! Could listen to you all day. And thank you for creating awareness and acceptance of autism and stimming.

Seeing your pure joy when stimming is so infectious and encouraging. I'm so glad you can feel free to do it!

@3:19 Yes! RESPECT for you bringing awareness that people of color are more likely to be arrested/judged even harsher and etc... just for having autism. 💯👍🙌🙌🙌

AH! BANGS! CUTIE! Edit: Vocal stims are great for me, I love how certain words or songs feel. I also love to make geometric shapes drawing in the air with my hands or feet etc. Just feels right.

thank you for this video! i was diagnosed two years ago at age 27. i mask heavily, and have been working on being less ashamed of my stims. hallelujah and i don’t want to be you anymore are two of my favorite stim songs, so i loved that you obviously enjoy them too.

we stim so similarly! thank you for putting some of your raw self into this, its very refreshing

I sing, too. I, too, sing, a lot. You've a great singing voice, too. Wish we could sing together on stage while playing piano or guitar. Anyway, ... I also bought a huge, round, soft, blue pillow that is severely soft to use in stimming. Another is a fidget spinner and a toy that clicks as you bend the mechanical pieces to force the toy into a different shape.

Wtf she did the most perfect run at the end when she sang geez

thank you so much for making these videos and bringing awareness to autism. I work with autistic kids and feel like I learned so much and can be better for them, that makes me happy. I have a three almost four year old girl I work with who reminds me of u in some ways, she is so smart, talkative, sweet.

Thank you so much for being vulnerable. I appericate your honesty and experiences. Thank you!!