When you’re anxious or stressed, do you find yourself biting your nails or chewing the inside of your cheek? Or maybe when you’re trying to stay focused in a meeting, you shake your leg under the desk ...

Repetitive behaviors are not an uncommon part of human experience, but not all repetitive actions serve the same purpose or carry the same meaning. Two types of behaviors that are often confused are ...

People with autism often face a stigma for stimming, repetitive behaviors to regulate emotions that can sometimes look like someone flapping their hands or wiggling their fingers. The children’s book ...

Tapping a pen, shaking a leg, twirling hair—we have all been in a classroom, meeting, or a public place where we find ourselves or someone else engaging in repetitive behavior—a type of ...

Aimee Grant receives funding from receives funding from UKRI, the Wellcome Trust and the Morgan Advanced Studies Institute. She is a non-executive director of Disability Wales. Stimming – short for ...