If you have ever seen a child rapidly flapping their hands or rocking back and forth, you may have wondered what it means. These movements are natural that can be observed in many children with autism ...

Last week, I saw another meme in my Facebook feed castigating parents for forcing their autistic kids to make eye contact and to sit with “quiet hands” rather than flapping. It’s a common theme in ...

Medically reviewed by Kira Graves, PhD Key Takeaways Girls with autism often use masking to appear more socially ...

Repetitive motor behaviors (RMBs) such as hand flapping and rocking occur in more than one third of toddlers who do not meet diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), with higher rates ...

Mattel introduces, 67 years after the original article, Autistic Barbie. “The autistic Barbie doll features elbow and wrist articulation, enabling stimming, hand flapping, and other hand gestures that ...