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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,

  • Chad,

  • so let's get started.

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

  • suggested by

  • 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

  • or

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

  • any other form

  • 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

  • a chance to go to her

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

  • autistic people

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

  • this way

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

  • you are

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

  • a

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

  • or an air conditioner

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

  • it. One way to

  • 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

  • vocal

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

  • be the

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

  • are around

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

  • know

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

  • know what

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

  • and

  • what the different exclamations or sounds mean.

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

  • you know,

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

  • very, you know,

  • 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

  • ear

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

  • ways but one of

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

  • I prevent

  • them from screaming? And if so, how?”

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

  • don't stop

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

  • to self-

  • 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

  • in a public

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

  • found a post on the

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

  • effectively

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

  • a clicker, like,

  • one of those things you train dogs with and treats. Well, ok, maybe itworked for her,

  • but,

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

  • are 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

  • expression

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

  • an autistic

  • 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

  • the

  • 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

  • want to give

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

  • chewy

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

  • to chew on,

  • 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,

  • so if you can

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

  • teeth, throat

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

  • and

  • self-regulate.

  • 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 theof the gum being chewed in my ear and I can

  • feel the

  • 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

  • is very

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

  • when an autistic

  • person repeats words or phrases. So echolalia might look like a child being asked, “what

  • do you want

  • for lunch?” and they may repeat backwhat do you want for lunch?” or they might get

  • fixated on a

  • certain word and really enjoy it and so they might say, you know, “basketball, basketball,

  • basketball

  • and that's echolalia.

  • Verbal stimming can look like echolalia, individual words or phrases, but it can also look like

  • singing,

  • lyrically, you know, songs with lyrics and it can also look like chanting, or reciting

  • poetry, you know,

  • it can be all kinds of things and I found the methods of verbal stimming are as varied

  • as autistic

  • people are.

  • Myself, I verbally stim by repeating poetry to myself. I'll verbally stim to think to

  • myself and to

  • process what I'm reading. I also verbally stim by singingDisney songs. And I will

  • just sing to myself,

  • and not so much for, you know, singing the singing to sound good, but just because I

  • really enjoy it. I

  • can hear it, gives me something to listen to, also I really enjoy the sensations of

  • the vibrations in my

  • throat when I sing. So, in that way, it's soothing and self-stimulating.

  • Verbal stimming, like vocal stimming, can take a wide variety of forms. And I think

  • that, um, verbal

  • stimming is really important for the development of autistic children, like echolalia is. And

  • I don't

  • think that verbal stimming should be discouraged.

  • I know it can be a little bit embarrassing for neurotypical parents and people, because

  • echolalia and

  • verbal stimming is a very obviously autistic behaviour. And so, say you're in public

  • and your child is

  • verbally stimming by just repeating one word or one phrase over and over, you might feel

  • slightly

  • uncomfortable with that. But then it's more an issue of the parent's embarrassment.

  • As far as

  • development and expression goes, it's really important to allow both vocal and verbal stimming

  • and

  • echolalia.

  • And I find that some parents don't like verbal stimming because they think of it as

  • meaningless and

  • they, they saywell, you know, if I allow him to verbal stim and just repeat words or

  • just repeat what

  • I say back to me, what is he learning?” But, autistic people, we develop in a slightly

  • different way, and

  • verbal stimming is a really important part of that. I do not think that verbal stimming

  • is detrimental

  • to the development of autistic children, and I don't think that verbal stimming or echolalia

  • will

  • impede language skills.

  • So, the fact is, that both verbal and vocal stimming are important parts to the development

  • of

  • language in autistic children. And, I feel like, they're not meaningless either, because

  • it's a, it's a

  • form of self-expression and it can often signify that the autistic person is listening and,

  • you know,

  • tuning into their environment and I think that's, that's important to take into

  • consideration.

  • And even if verbal and vocal stimming did just exist for the purpose of self-stimulation

  • and blocking

  • out negative sensory input. Then, you know, it's still not meaningless.

  • So, I'm a big advocate of both verbal and vocal stimming, and I think it's great.

  • I'm, I'm happy to see

  • other autistic individuals and children verbally and vocally stimming in public. Most of the

  • time, it

  • really doesn't bother anyone, it's just the parents might be a little embarrassed.

  • But I think that

  • maybe they shouldn't be and I think maybe if we all work together, we can move society

  • towards a

  • direction where autistic differences are accepted and even celebrated, and not shamed.

  • So, this has been my video on verbal and vocal stimming. I hope you found it informative.

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Hi, I'm Amythest, and welcome to this episode of Ask an Autistic.

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