This video is funded by the National Disability Agency.
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Hi everybody, my name is Emma Dalmayne, I’m an Autistic rights advocate. I campaign against Autistic mistreatment and I am the CEO of Autistic Inclusive Meets. My two favourite stims, and I had to choose two because I couldn’t think of just one. My favourite one is to rock from side to side and I usually do that in queues, so if I’m waiting for something, or if I’m feeling happy, or if I need to regulate, I’ll rock just from foot to foot. And it looks like I’m listening to music and I can play whichever song I want in my head and hear it as if it was actually playing, which is another lovely thing.
The other stim I have is to, I haven’t got it with me, I can’t find it, I was going to put it on this video, but I’ve got beads, big chunky beads and I like to spin them and rotate them and both of my stims relate to my sensory profile. I would say I’m a tactile seeker, so I like something to squeeze, and a vestibular seeker because I like to rock, but then I don’t like to spin either, so yeah, so that would be my two, that I would say. So I hope this has helped somebody. If your child does spin, if they rock, you know, get them a trampoline, get them a big bouncy ball to sit on, because it does help balance the vestibular and regulate.
Also, I would say that our emotions are connected to our senses, very much so, so if you are happy or sad you can display it by a stim, so if you are aggravated, you might bite, but I also do that when I’m happy. So, a lot more than you asked for. Bye!
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