self-stimulatory

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ stimulatory.

Adjective

self-stimulatory (not comparable)

  1. Relating to self-stimulation.
    • 1974, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior:
      Appropriate play with toys was studied in two autistic children with high occurrences of self-stimulatory behavior
    • 2021, Erin Felepchuk, “Stimming, Improvisation, and COVID-19: (Re)negotiating Autistic Sensory Regulation During a Pandemic”, in Disability Studies Quarterly‎[1], volume 41, number 3, archived from the original on 22 January 2022:
      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.
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