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Do you stim at work?
Yes. 13%  13%  [ 11 ]
No. 7%  7%  [ 6 ]
I don't work. 1%  1%  [ 1 ]
Discreetly. 8%  8%  [ 7 ]
When no one is watching. 2%  2%  [ 2 ]
When everyone is around. 6%  6%  [ 5 ]
I rock. 7%  7%  [ 6 ]
I flap. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I spin myself. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I fiddle with objects. 11%  11%  [ 10 ]
I have hidden stim toys. 1%  1%  [ 1 ]
I have stim toys out in the open. 3%  3%  [ 3 ]
I repeat a word or a phrase. 1%  1%  [ 1 ]
I sing. 5%  5%  [ 4 ]
I twirl my hair. 3%  3%  [ 3 ]
I bite myself. 6%  6%  [ 5 ]
I bang my head. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I play with my fingers. 9%  9%  [ 8 ]
I stare into space. 13%  13%  [ 11 ]
Other (explain below if you want to). 5%  5%  [ 4 ]
Total votes : 88

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19 Jan 2019, 4:22 am

Sheila Nye wrote:
Some Aspies stim. Some use echolalia. That is my point. I am withdrawing from this conversation with you.


As i said, EVERYONE doesn't - you made an assumption that everyone did, which is common with people with autism that "everyone is like me" and make statements like "Uh, why don't we have empathy" - to which my direct response is "no - YOU - don't have empathy". This is what is pissing me off.

But as for the discussion - the feeling is mutual.


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22 Jan 2019, 12:05 am

I'm one of those who doesn't have unusual stimming behavior, and that's true at work.



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25 Jan 2019, 11:27 am

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28 Jan 2019, 7:03 pm

I do stim at work, but they are things that aren't really that noticeable. One thing I do is repetitively typing things out on my fingers: things I'm thinking, things people are saying, words I see written on trucks or signs, etc. For a long time it was the phrase "some of them are very nice" over and over...I have no idea why. When I was younger I would also assign words a score depending on how many letters I typed out with my left vs. my right hand.

The other thing I do is rub the tip of my tongue against the back of my front teeth. I make kind of a weird face when I'm doing it, I think other people think I'm frowning or making faces at them even though I'm not doing it purposely.