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robrecht

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Dutch very amateur writer.

#ActuallyAutistic (prefer Identity-first nomenclature). I find myself having one foot on both sides of Mental Healthcare, since besides being autistic, I am also a Peer Advocate.

I am staunchly anti-anti-psychiatry, which nevertheless doesn't make me pro-psychiatry.

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Reading wikipedia on autism for Reasons (tm).

I don't get it. Why is it so important that we don't stim? Like, there are some that are contextually inappropriate (loud noises when it might disturb others, for instance), but outside of those few things ... what's the problem with hand flapping, body wiggling, hair twirling, vocalizing in repetitive ways when it's not distracting/disturbing, etc, etc, etc?

Bah, humbug >.< @actuallyautistic

robrecht ,
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@melindrea @actuallyautistic

It is, generally, a Neurotypical parent thing.

Their autistic child stimming is a noticeable reminder to them that the child they have is not the child they wanted and, because they are self-absorbed and wallowing in self pity, they believe that the whole world will judge their child for stimming as harshly as they do.

Yet the reality is that most people, including NTs, don't mind most forms of autistic stimming at all.

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