Autism Stimming

This is a sensory garden. Plant shredding and flower picking is encouraged.

[@cynthiacloud1301]

That last shot of Her just plopped down in the middle of her garden...too cute..One of Her Happy Places for sure!!

[@TheWeeFamily]

She could spend so long there!

[@notbatman24601]

@@dylanbanninghey, I’m not autistic but I am neurodivergent and for me it sometimes just feels good to use my voice

[@invisiblue3212]

Came here to say that same thing. So wholesome, and she seems so happy and safe there. Good job parents! Your girl knows she is loved💝 Thank you for normalizing neurodiversity🌞💖🤗

[@sterlingarcher1962]

Just came to leave this same comment. Awesome yeah!?!?!?! Such a cuite!

[@jamesconlin5099]

@@notbatman24601 if your not autistic your not neurodivergent

[@judypinson5688]

love the way she sings all the time

[@MrRuePine]

As a person with autism, I can confirm we tend to do that. …Well, at least I do.

[@ThePlagueDoctor_or_SCP049]

@@MrRuePineyeah me too

[@Grantidge69]

Decent singing voice, too.

[@user-nq8sw4ni5x]

ADORABLE

[@SilverGoose1]

Yeah my daughter is autistic and we joked on our long road trip that we didn't need the radio

[@Randonain]

Her little "naa Ana na nanananana~" is so cute I love it

[@emera1750]

That ish satisfying I know what she’s doing it’s definitely soothing her brain

[@GayDemiDemiboy]

I've always felt urges to make noises and stuff, but I always held them in bc I don't want anyone to hear and think I'm weird-

[@HyphlixTV]

I was actually vibing to her song too bruh

[@KatZwe]

Guess if you hear that for hours everyday its not thst cute anymore. But that might just be me 😅

[@Tommyweeziy]

What a cute happy girl! Im happy she's got a supporting, understanding and stimulating environment

[@Amanda.Allison]

I love love love how everyone with autism is so different. Some would be terrified and freaking out from the plants touching them and bugs etc being to much sensory some are like y’all’s little girl who love to be in the middle of it all. It’s beautiful and truly reminds us that no matter how similar some may seem we all have differences still. ❤

[@TheWeeFamily]

Very well put. Such a difference between the sensory seekers and avoiders. She wants all the input from things most of the time. She loves to be stimming all throughout her day with vocal, visual and tactile mostly. You’re so right, plenty of similarities but diverse too. It’s a lovely thing ❤️

[@asdffdsa898]

She's a little druid 😄

[@7heOriginalBoss]

@@asdffdsa898well put 😄

[@aidenflame1576]

I love it to. Even tho im the first one. For me its less a problem with the plants and more the twrror of some kf the bugs in the plants and id just be freaked out. Especiallyyyy if its a spood. I will. Lose. It. At the sight of them xD ahahaha Otherwise id prolly be okay with plants. Being around me way more. Sadly bugs and plants go hand in hand and thwres no full guarantee unless uve got a fully sealed ecosystem thing :p I used to be better abt it as a kid. Tho id mostly dig in the yard or soil. The more indoors i got tho the more it freaked me out. So now its a toss up. I love it but im always on the lookout. Mainly for stinging bugs or spoods

[@allisonhunter1063]

​@@aidenflame1576I'm also an arachnophobe, and something that has helped me is to "play fetch" with spiders while earthing (walking around my property barefoot). I grew up in the country on a homestead in a neighborhood full of other homesteads so we all traded and ran around each other's properties and fished in each other's ponds, rode each other's horses and dirt bikes, played all together with all 20 of the neighborhood dogs running around with us playing together. It was quite idyllic and I realize how INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE I am to have grown up that way. Back to spiders lol. I will take a piece of paper outside with me and make tiny little balls, the size of a pencil eraser or smaller. I find a daddy long legs in a web (not opilliones- those spiders (they aren't actually spiders, they're arachnids bc they have 8 legs, but they don't have any silk and aren't venemous, they're called Harvestmen) you see crazy people grabbing in clumps off of walls- NOPE!! But cellar spiders, the ones Americans call daddy long legs like you would find in the corners of your walls in or outside around your house, basement, garage, cellar or sheds. They're completely harmless to humans. So I take the lil paper balls, gently toss one onto the web, and watch the spider come remove it. It was HORRIFYING at first, but after a while it was kind of fun to watch. I recently made friends with a Western Spotted Orb Weaver I named Charlotte after Charlotte's Web (I always thought Charlotte was a black widow, but I looked it up the other day and it turns out she's a barn spider, a type of orb weaver!! So I thought the name was perfect lol. She has since moved on and I haven't found her yet. But the other night I was HELLA sleepy going to my Moms house, and I wasn't paying attention, the outside light was off, and when I walked up the walkway and went to step up onto the porch... I RAN FACE EFFING FIRST INTO A DIFFERENT ORB WEAVERS WEB!! AND AS IF THAT ALONE ISN'T ENOUGH TO GIVE ME A HEART ATTACK, THE SPIDER WAS SMACK IN THE CENTER OF HER WEB AND I RAN INTO HER WITH MY F**KING FACE!! I swear to God my soul left my body. I was screaming and crying INSTANTLY ABSOLUTELY HYSTERICAL lol. I called my Mom inside the house bc I was too scared to move and when I tell you I was GLUED to that screen door like I was hanging off a cliff I mean it lmao. LIKE MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT. I was still like I was an inch away from a T. Rex in Jurassic Park. I will NEVER be the same lol. Pray for me lol.

[@yellowlaffytaffy]

She's like a little tinkerbell in her garden. Happily stimming and tinkering away.❤

[@cherylketrow1633]

Oh my god i was thinking a fairy ❤

[@ArchieFlynn1512]

i love stimming coz i have autism

[@justadreemurr]

her vocal stims are so audibly stimmy for me i appreciate this

[@TheWeeFamily]

I love to hear that 😁

[@scamoo]

I couldnt figure out how to explain how happy her vocalizations made my ears!

[@OliviaAnderson456]

Wow her vocal stimms are amazing

[@astro_penguin_]

fr they sound so good 😌

[@STR1K3.]

The lil tune at 0:26 is stuck in loop in my head lol

[@marieo6109]

She does sing like an angel. May she always be blessed.❤

[@justkibby5959]

She not only stims with plants, she becomes the plants lol that was cute

[@lizzykate93]

You can literally stim or get sensory input from anything! I like to go to the beach and play with the sand, running my fingers through it, it's really relaxing 😌

[@georgiagalaxy]

Same ahhhh

[@sophiaknowles2568]

Same, i like to pick up a clump of sand in my fist and squeeze it till all the sand comes out

[@frenchytoast9397]

Same!

[@Subhashkumar-oh1dx]

Are you on spectrum?

[@meat7905]

on the other hand, sand is too much for me. i can't stand certain textures and i hate feeling dirty, so sand is on the top of my no-no list, and had always been ever since i was a toddler. i much prefer softer and smoother textures. but this never stopped my parents from bringing me to the beach, no matter how much i screamed and cried lol.

[@danny55531]

I work with autistic kids and one of my clients loves to sing. I always sing back and forward with him and it makes him smile.

[@lilzgalarza9773]

Oh my goodness she is so adorable 🥹🥹🥹 As an autistic person myself, I think she has the best parents ever because y’all are doing a wonderful job :)

[@TheWeeFamily]

❤️❤️ thank you!

[@MisterNiles]

Awesome. It's so nice to see this. I was punished for stimming. I was made fun of. I was hassled and abused by my parents for stimming. Because of this I lived a masked life, for decades, and it almost killed me. Thank you for being a good human being and parent.

[@TheWeeFamily]

This breaks my heart to read. I’m sorry you had that experience. You did and do deserve so much better than that. ❤️

[@sewamazing4498]

Same here

[@hereforthechaos7614]

I love tearing apart grass blades and leaves, it's such an amazing stim. So the fact that you provided your daughter wuth these huge leaves to stim with makes my heart smile so much!

[@NutellaBreads]

The way she said "nanananananana" was the best part of my day tbh

[@nicolawickens6457]

Her singing is so beautiful💕❤

[@AD-sn5en]

Awwww it was cute how she sitting in the middle of all those plants lol.😊

[@tyezier5006]

I am a autistic woman. I think this is a wonderful idea because I would stim with grass and other plants when growing up! ❤

[@RXdash78]

Man this takes me back. One of my common activities in grade school was pulling maple leaves apart. Especially if i could manage to remove all the leaf bits and be left with just the ''skeleton". Didn't even occur to me that was stimming.

[@monikap8777]

I did it, too, and I don't have a diagnosis (altough I might be on the spectrum). I am not sure that would be connected to the autism

[@Flox8er]

I like to do that to but I always fail:(

[@tirididjdjwieidiw1138]

i have never been diagnosed with anything and i did this as well. also whenever i went past a bush or similar plant, i always plucked off random leaves for no reason. Human behaviour i guess

[@completelyobsessed18]

I still like to grab leaves and pull off the sides so I’m only left with the thickest middle part of the skeleton. I literally never realized until I watched this video that I was stimming

[@nildasanchez5510]

Yes they are all different spectrum !still Human!inJesuschristname!!!Amen!😊

[@Cimorelli102]

Braylee sings like an angel

[@Laura_Derrida-kr1uw]

🤖

[@Totaldramafreakizoid]

As a person with autism this filled my heart with joy! I fear about my autism because I don't want to fit into the stereotype of not being "normal" because I always did this with plants.

[@nathancruz9172]

My dad once told me that autism is nothing to be ashamed of who we’re.

[@Rediipandaii]

He is right

[@NickiReedx3]

That siren sound she makes is amazing 😂 has me cracking up. My son is 5 and constantly sings to himself like this. I love it

[@ag.ashgirl1904]

Yall such great parents for recognizing her patterns and giving her what she needs. She seems so content ripping up her leaves and singing. Double stims really. She seems so sweet. The more support she has a kid the better. I wish i could been diagnosed at that age.❤

[@underwood.corner]

it’s nice to see someone else who also makes those types of noises

[@98849]

My Granny used to hum all the time I don’t think she ever knew she was doing it !!

[@Pam-kh4sz]

I have that same disability, and I find pleasure in plants too that last part was so adorable

[@Avalon_TheTherian]

I know right! I used to do that a lot as a child. I don't do it much anymore. And just so you know. Don't think of Autism as a disability. Think of it as a gift. I know it's a struggle. But just like everyone else. You're not as good with some things but way better at other things. Don't lose sight of that. You're awesome!

[@wolfshadow4068]

My parents do that for me too, sitting in them is a little like a safety blanket. If I'm upset and I'm overstimulated by everyday things I will go out and sit in the grass and rip them apart just like she does. 💖

[@like90]

Her singing while stimming 🥹 so lovely! ❤

[@winnieamar9368]

That's her happy place. She's super cute. God bless her. I have a son on the spectrum

[@redsunsmr284]

My son is exactly the same. Im near tears seeing this. It's beautiful the way they sing to themselves.

[@TheWeeFamily]

❤️❤️❤️ it’s the background sound to our life. It’s bizarre when it’s quiet

[@coralieofjumpwithnofear]

Seeing her right in the middle of the plants there gave me so much joy. 🥰

[@gsandy5235]

She is a precious angel. Keep giving her all the love and affirmation you can muster.

[@leilanidrennan1767]

My goal is to build a garden in my backyard like this over the summer hopefully and I've been drawn to it for a while now, thinking about how it would be a soothing way to stay grounded. Aside from the obvious benefits of connecting with nature, using it to stim is not something I even considered and this reminded me of things I used to do outside as a kid to stim that I completely forgot about.

[@mrwess1927]

How did it go?

[@hotaru-chama]

Awwww. That is sooo freaking cute. The way she plopped in the middle of it all 😂❤ Love to her and all her family ❤

[@BellaOhana626]

I have the same vocal stim!! I’m also autistic and I have a few other diagnoses including Tourette’s, anxiety, depression, etc. I love that you do things to help your daughter feel comfortable and safe, it really shows how much you accept her for who she is.

[@TheWeeFamily]

Love that so much! ♥️

[@phoenixbuhagiar]

I did leaf picking as a stim, it's so calming. I was worried people would make fun of me though so I stopped doing it.

[@tondenga_antifurryofficial]

i bite popits as a stim or something idk it feels nice

[@erranandrews63]

How beautiful nature is. My best friends son can be calmed from his bursts of excitement when we play 528hz frequency music. Also 432hz

[@erranandrews63]

As well as 417hz

[@ToEnlightInLove]

By "called from his bursts of excitement" do you mean these calm him down? If so, I'd love to look more into these frequencies.

[@erranandrews63]

@@ToEnlightInLove calmed lol

[@erranandrews63]

@@ToEnlightInLove 528hz works instantly for the most part. Music with 528hz frequency in the background. Also colloidal iridium look that up. If you buy it only buy the Meso Iridium as that is the best on the market.

[@Mindless_minutes]

I do this too man. I love peeling leaves and making random noises. It's the best.

[@Editing_king1234]

Me everything I see a plant with the right texture and sound

[@russell2910]

Im 47 and just got diagnosed with autism. Indont even understand what it is, so its in my algorithm. Learning about autism is a lot of work to learn and process and apply to my life. Its tough. But once in a while i see something and it just clicks into place and the only thing i need to learn is self acceptance. That was great. I have so many happy memories of doing that as a child. I had forgotten about them until i was reminded. 😊😊😊😊

[@Echos_pawz]

Just make sure hat they aren’t toxic!😊

[@abby_stewart]

My autistic son loves being outside in the dirt. I’ll have to grow some fun new plants for him in the spring. ❤

[@maxk2653]

Such cute happy singing! The plant picking stim is one I shared as a kid!! I loved playing with the texture of the foliage.

[@Funwithcc13]

It’s nice to see someone vocally stimming freely, whenever I vocally stim I mostly get told to be quiet or they’ll say "can you not?" So I can only do my physical stims but only my leg shaking so I can’t disrupt the people around me.

[@Cultofjami]

My 7 year old son has Autism. This is great idea. Your daughter is so beautiful. 🌱 ❤️

[@jcothers1]

Love it! It does look very satisfying!

[@VoxTek_official]

Awwwwwww! i have autism and this is soooo good! You made an amazing choice doing this for her!!

[@jessicahanson6105]

I used to do this to and still do with leafs and grass when really bored at the park while watching my kids. 😅

[@keepgoodcompany1279]

Our 6y/o daughter has autism too. She loves to pick leaves off every tree, plant, shrub, flower. She also likes to taste. So we have an herb garden and herbs everywhere. She knows all the herb varieties and ALWAYS grabs a handful and chews herbs while she plays and wanders outside. Thyme is her absolute favorite. I even keep herbs in the house if she needs one to chew.

[@ToEnlightInLove]

As a fellow nature lover, this is beautiful on so many levels! Great job observing and caring for her!

[@Jeewanu216]

That's an amazing idea. I have what I used to call an oral fixation, but now might just be oral stimming. I might see about getting something to chew on like this.

[@Jitmommy33]

My stepdad saved a weed in our yard for me. Well it started with 1 weed and I ended up claiming more weeds. It keeps me busy when I’m outside otherwise I’ll have a panic attack.

[@mayofry]

I love her clear voice. Sorry, that has to be said xD I hope she’s able to freely live life her own way, cause that what she deserves

[@TheWeeFamily]

❤️

[@AlexerSubs]

Her vocal stims make me want to stim too! I really like it :))))

[@angelagokool9514]

Aww 🥰! That’s so cute 🥰! She’s being happy 😃! As an Autistic woman, this makes me feel so good 😊!

[@masey423]

I make little hums and melodies like her too

[@cherylhurst7093]

Very cute. This stimming garden is great. Definitely her thing. She reminds me of a little fairy flitting around with her plants while she sings away.

[@yagirlhenney5701]

I'm very proud of you for accepting autism as how it should be accepted, like a regular disorder. I especially like how you dedicate your time to plant plants for stimming. You're an awesome father.

[@ninjabgwriter]

My family had Jerusalem Artichokes growing near our house when I was a kid. They look a bit like sunflowers but the flower is a bit smaller, and they can get pretty tall. Some years they were taller than we were! In the autumn the stalks dried out and got stiff, and made the BEST swooshing noise. My siblings and I would all go outside to 'sword fight' which was really just all of us swooshing our sticka at each other without even being close enough to make contact, or spinning in circles pretending we were helicopters until we fell down. I didn't know then that it was such a big stimming thing for me since I wasn't diagnosed until adulthood, but it was just a bit of fun whimsy to decompress after a long and overwhelming school day.

[@ThatPaintingLass]

Great job! I love how happy she is sitting among the greens. I love that you have given her a safe place to stim exactly the way she wants to.

[@kateford8649]

Bless you. She needs kind, patient understanding parents❤

[@Swiftie.Love1989]

Awww she is so cute, this makes me so happy

[@zerodiamond4206]

Now that is awesome, she's lucky to have folks like you!

[@TheWeeFamily]

❤️❤️

[@j4cky_w4cky91]

So cute. Just wanna remind everyone autism varies and isn’t always like this!

[@skvisualart]

This healed something in me 🥹❤️ parents like this are amazing

[@kattatonic8010]

She’s so gorgeous! Awww ☺️ god bless you guys!

[@anenorah]

My daughter does almost the same. So sweet you give her the possibility to do this.

[@CMulligan83]

That is so cool and looks very peace for her! My 5 yr old flaps her hands when she stims so my dad got glow sticks for her and now she flaps with glow sticks in hand she loves it!!! Keep up the great work parents 🫶🧩

[@_rebzy3194]

That’s nice it certainly helps to have plants as your comfort zone ❤

[@TheCosmicLibrarian]

Throw a sick lofi beat behind that 🤣 her voice is very unique and beautiful 😍

[@Laura_Derrida-kr1uw]

🤖

[@TheArtSpectrumStudio]

My son is terrified of “plants” because of bees. Love this short ❤❤

[@Kwadratura]

She is so adorable and precious 🥺

[@catherinejames2734]

That’s great😂. I used to constantly break grass and say I was cutting the lawn by hand. Constant made daisy chains and other patterns with leaves. Some leaves can actually be used to make sounds. Never bored when in nature 😂

[@littlecamo8]

I do the same thing! It’s so satisfying and calming

[@temmietv4324]

She has a BEAUTIFUL voice!

[@courtneylenee9184]

My daughter would love this!❤

[@tylerworrell6731]

I'm autistic as well as my 3 daughters. I have an 11,8 and 4 year old that are my whole world. My 2 oldest daughters get alot of relief by spending time with our neighbors horses. Every weekend we go for a walk and stop by to feed and pet the horses and it has turned into a big deal for them. I see a different side of my girls that I don't get to see anywhere else. And these horses know my daughters are autistic. I don't know how or why but they even seem to act more calm and gentle around my girls compared to my neighbors children.

[@melissakitelinger7543]

I love it.. I love to squish succulents. It just feel great. Satisfying.

[@shannonjmsn2011]

Her sounds are beautiful!

[@RuthMcDougal]

I use to stim with leaves and grass as a kid and never knew it was stimming. So cool!!

[@katetomlinson1638]

shes hilarious, a genuine girl right there, beautiful lil hymns!!

[@mariabeatrizugalde4163]

Glad to see that you support your daughter!

[@Ellasautisiclife]

I love it how she does this little melodys

[@keyblox925]

I am autistic boy 16 and I do the same thing as sometimes I’ll just takeoff a leaf off a tree or a bush and just start ripping it

[@BelleLaBelle]

Her singing is so cute made me feel so happy😭😭💕

[@TheSeptet]

Oh yeah, I remember those kinds of plants. So satisfying to stim with~ You're a good parent, I hope your daughter grows up happy!

[@bradleyharcup3129]

Your are good dad. I remember being that young making noises like that and being told to "shut the fuck up!!!" From the other room. Now as an adult my stims have started to come out more now that I'm away from them and feel comfortable. And it feels amazingly relaxing

[@AvenTree4486]

I used to do that all the time. I loved making a little spot in the plants and just reading a book or playing a video game or willing just looking around. I still pull leaves off of trees

[@jendileo7695]

What a beautiful gift you gave her… she shines in the middle of God’s garden🕊️🙏🤍

[@MoonMistZero]

That one little melody is insanely good lol

[@OfficialJacobSpray]

A given stimulus (stim) response aids in Sensory reception/processing.

[@Sarah-ht7cs]

Smart move, coming from a girl who has ruined many a house plant. Also, love her sing-stemming. ❤

[@redviper2177]

That is such a tuneful stim. Absolutely love it.

[@bofurthedwarf]

I pick apart plants too! She’s so sweet!

[@ETHELLEX]

You do that because you’re awesome parents meeting their child’s needs ❤

[@Hailey_M_Busker]

Wow her singing is so unique I love it

[@Smalls2007]

I love her vocal stims!!! It’s so satisfying to listen to!

[@Quadsandtherians]

The last scene is so, sweet 😁

[@whiggygirl]

Thank you for sharing. If I hadn't seen this, I wouldn't have recognised this was a type of stimming

[@SerbiaHuman]

She’s so adorable ❤❤❤ very sweet parents I wish mine where like that

[@gladiator229]

My daughter has the same stim. The only difference is that her targets are the onions lying in the kitchen. 😊

[@ocarinagirlandthestories648]

She’s so sweet, I myself used to stim with with the branches that would fall from the aspen trees. That’s something I always liked about autumn, nature gave me stim toys