Name: Ask an Autistic #4 - What is Vocal/Verbal Stimming?
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Hi, I'm Amythest, and welcome to this episode
of Ask an Autistic.

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Today I'm going to be discussing vocal and
verbal stimming which was requested by a viewer,

Vocal stimming is stimming that incorporates
the mouth, and lips, and vocal chords, as

the name. Vocal stimming can take a wide array
of forms but some common vocal stims are

humming, making sound effects, mimicking noises
in the environment or from television shows

movies, singing without words, so singing
the tunes of songs, and yelling, shouting,

of making noises with your mouth that can
be vocal stimming.

Carly Fleischmann is an autistic advocate,
and she's great, I love her, if you get

facebook page which I will link to below.
And she has put it very eloquently in that

use vocal stimming to block out bad or negative
sensory input from the environment and in

they can balance themselves and self-regulate,
so vocal stimming can serve that person. Say

an autistic person and you are someplace where
the noises are very loud or perhaps there's

particular noise that really bothers you,
it could be the electronic whine of a TV,

turning on, or feedback from a microphone.
Whatever it is, it sucks and you don't like

deal with it and to withstand the pain or
discomfort of it is to block it out.

Vocal stimming can also be used as a form
of expression. I find that a lot of non-verbal

stimming and expression is often misunderstood
by neurotypical people because it might not

way they communicate fear or happiness or
joy or excitement. But I think that when you

an autistic person a lot, like a family member
and you love them and you want to get to…to

them and speak their language, so to speak,
you can start to learn the nuances and you

kinds of vocal stimming they do in situations
where they're happy or when they're stressed

what the different exclamations or sounds
mean.

You know, vocal stimming, it isn't pointless.
It can either be a method of self-regulation,

blocking out bad input with good input or
it can be a form of self-expression that is

unique to autistic people, but still I think
a valid form of self-expression.

I know that parents of autistic children can
have trouble with vocal stimming when it reaches

splittingly loud. So, say you have an autistic
child and they vocal stim in a variety of

those ways is screaming. They say, you know,
“should I stop this vocal stimming? Should

And to that, I say, “Unless the vocal stimming
is ear splittingly loud screaming, please

vocal stimming”. Because, you know, it is
a method of self-expression and a great way

regulate. So, you know, unless you really
have to, please don't.

If you do need to, say, you know, you just
can't handle the screaming yourself or you're

place. Then, I would suggest methods that
aren't clicker training. Yes, I actually

internet, came across it accidentally, wish
I hadn't, of a mom who had, and she claimed,

trained her autistic child to shut his mouth
or to not vocally stim or scream by using

one of those things you train dogs with and
treats. Well, ok, maybe it… worked for her,

you know, please don't use methods to train
animals on your children. Autistic people

still and, you know, animal training methods
on humans, not cool.

Anyway, this mom who trained her child with
a clicker to stop any kind of vocal stimming

suggested that all vocal stims are bad and
should be stopped because they're, you know,

behaviour. Nope, nope, please don't do that.

If you really do need to prevent your child
from screaming, the best way is to redirect

stimming and give them something better. If
your autistic child is screaming for self-stimulation

purposes they want the sound, or they like
the vibrations in their throat, then you might

them something oral to fixate on. You know,
like give them really awesome Chewelry or a

pendant or something, 'cause if you're
chewing on something that's really awesome

you're going to enjoy that, and you're
probably not going to be screaming.

So, that's one method, you know, substitute
something better. Every child is different,

find something that entices your child and
has to do with, you know, the mouth, lips,

area, then that can be a good way to redirect
the stimming while still allowing them to…stim

For myself, I find chewing gum is very effective.
I won't vocal stim when I'm chewing gum,

probably because I can hear the sound of the…
of the gum being chewed in my ear and I can

really good deep sensory input in my jaw.
So, gum might be another option.

Verbal stimming is like vocal stimming, except
that it employs the use of words. Now, this

closely connected to echolalia. If you have
never heard the word before, echolalia is

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