User:Emjo2000/Stimming

I think that the citations need to be examined closely, as there is a lack of majority research articles. Some of the citations seem a little less reputable. The tone is neutral enough, and I think that there could be a little more information about the types of behaviors that are exhibited.

Overall what you have added to the article is great updated information, though there are overlooked misspelled words. a general edit and review can fix.

''Peer Review response: I have edited the transition phrase in the first paragraph, as User:Layladye pointed out the need for transition. I also changed the opinionated tone in the treatment section that User:Aclark00 pointed out. The spelling errors that have been pointed out are fixed. User:Gabutler and User:Kbischoff99 had similar feedback about additional disorders that may use stimming behaviors, but I have not found much research about stimming beyond ASD and sensory processing disorder. I do not think that it would be beneficial to include information about non-autistic stimming, as this article is written with a focus on these behaviors relating to ASD. I double-checked to see if the third link was still operational, as User:A3341816 was having a hard time opening it.''

Article body
Self-stimulatory behavior, also known as stimming and self-stimulation, is the repetition of physical movements, sounds, words, or moving objects. Such behaviors (also scientifically known as 'stereotypies') are found to some degree in all people, especially those with developmental disabilities and are especially frequent in people on the autism spectrum. People diagnosed with sensory processing disorder are also known to potentially exhibit stimming behaviors. Stimming has been interpreted as a protective response to over-stimulation, in which people calm themselves by blocking less predictable environmental stimuli, to which they have a heightened sensitivity. A further explanation views stimming as a way to relieve anxiety and other negative or heightened emotions. Although extremely beneficial at times, stimming has been highly stigmatized and dramatized. People who are Neurodivergent often feel that they need to hide or decrease their self-stimulatory behavior, as it often elicits an undesirable response from those who do not understand the compulsion behind them.

Treatment and Intervention
As views on autism change, there has been a push for treatment options to reflect recent research. A push for autistic persons to be considered normal in their own right, without needing to force traits and behaviors to stop, has many adults on the autism spectrum advocating for their harmless self-stimulatory behavior to be forgone, as they see it as an aspect of their identity and personality. Often enjoyable and stress-relieving, adults on the autism spectrum believe that self-stimulating behaviors should be left alone, and intervention would best be implemented only in preventing harmful, restrictive, or self-injurious stims.