Stimmer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who engages in stimming behaviour.

    "Most people probably wouldn't guess either of them had autism since they are both so high functioning; Dillon is a “stimmer” though—lots of hand flapping."

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"Most people probably wouldn't guess either of them had autism since they are both so high functioning; Dillon is a “stimmer” though—lots of hand flapping."

Etymology

From stim (“to perform a repetitive self-stimulating action”) + -er.

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