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Catchword for “stim”
Catchword: stim
Filed under: ,
Part of speech: v.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: We call these things “stims,” for self-stimulatory behavior. His need to obsess over things in ritualistic ways is not unlike the seeming need of young deaf or blind people to move their heads or sway.
Article or Document Title:
“The Invisible Boy; A Skittish World Misses the True Beauty of Our Autistic Son”
Author:
Lana Hurt
Article, document, publication, web site:
Washington Post
Publishing location:
C5
Date of publication:
Aug. 11, 1991
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