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Self-expression
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The means by which one's personal characteristics are displayed; showing one's internal beliefs or character by means of external actions/changes. countable, uncountable
"Medical culture constrains stimming through strict clinical designations and pathologizing definitions, referring to it as stereotypies or "self-stimulatory behaviours." Autistic people, however, often define stimming more broadly as repetitive sensory practices used to regulate emotional states, to cope with external sensory stimuli, or for purposes of self-expression."
- 2 the expression of one's individuality (usually through creative activities) wordnet
Etymology
From self- + expression.
See also for "self-expression"
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