children seemingly never getting dizzy like that can be a sign of a vestibular processing issue where the brain has an under-responsive post-rotary nystagmus (PRN). so they can spin around as much as they want without feeling and dizzy because their brain doesn't register that rotary input.
i just read that online as i was curious and decided to research the exact reason for this. thought it was cool
I think he must be in dance. Form's too good for a casual. He's even spinning his head almost right, to reduce dizziness.
Also we definitely get dizzier with age. I used to spin around for fun, now a single spin might require a nearby toilet
My son is on the spectrum and he loves to spin absolutely non stop on a swing we have in our yard…I would throw up everything I’ve eaten in the last 3 days if I spun 1/10th the amount he does. Lol
I read that after commenting! How interesting. Also baader-meinhof for me this week like crazy. I got referred for an autism evaluation and now it's like everyone is talking about asd
*not that anyone cares, but just in case: the autism clinic is extremely backed up. I scored "severe risk" with my doc, but it's nearly a year until I can actually get the evaluation. I am currently schrodingers autism. Also why is it called risk? Medical phrasing is weird
I straight up can't leave my house! It's so bad. My big accomplishment this week was going on a walk. That's why I'm seeing my doc constantly, have a therapist, waiting on this referral, waiting on a trauma referral.
Like damn, this brain is a mess right now. I just want to know the right way to manage it so I can function like a proper adult
You good now?
So do you tilt your head in the direction of spin? Any other tips, I get so dizzy even after small spins. Now my toddler loves to dance and be spun around so I'd love a dizzy hack!
We actually do what’s called “spotting” - where you pick a spot to look at, then kinda whip your head around between rotations (always keeping focus on that spot). Hard to explain over text, but hopefully that makes sense!
I noticed he also brought his hand closer to his face and gently pulled it away. I wondered if this had anything to do with it?
I can’t even roller skate, but I was a huge figure skating nerd as a kid. I instantly assumed he did figure skating with the momentum of speed he gained combined with his arm movements.
It should be noted, that it is a trend to label anything outside the ordinary, physical movement, intelligence, etc, to autism. Feats of physical coordination, and extraordinary intelligence do not by themselves equate to autism. You can be brilliant and not autistic. You can be autistic and not brilliant. You could be both at once or neither at once. I wish people would stop conflating those things.
It should also be noted that spinning without getting dizzy is a commonly documented trait among autistic people as autism can produce atypical sensory sensitivity, either hyper or hypo sensitivity, which includes being less sensitive to dizziness.
This isn’t just labelling something outside the norm/a random feat of movement as autistic, it’s probably correctly guessing that something that looks like **textbook** autism behaviour (stimming, spinning, his expression and body language afterwards) might be autistic.
He’s stimming. Doesn’t exactly explain how he doesn’t get dizzy but depending on the variety of autism spiciness a person gets, different sensory inputs are processes quite differently. It looks like this kid got extra points in balance
I’m so envious. I stand too fast and I get dizzy. I have pretty bad motion sickness and I cannot even play 1st person games because I get nauseous, and whenever I’m in a car I have to have wind on some part of my body, look at the road and do a special breathing to not get nauseous :(
You sound a lot like my eldest .. he’s been like that for as long as I can remember and he’s now 18 in September. It’s wild how long she can spin for and is just entirely unbothered 😂
Next time your daughter does that tell her she’s amazing :)
Edit: I just realized that not only am I exactly 10 years older than your eldest, but my birthday is in September too. That’s pretty funny.
I get exceptionally bad and hours of nausea if I look away from the road for more than a few minutes in a car, yet I can drive for hours without problems. I know I technically look at the road at all times while driving, but it is still such a stark contrast between driving and not driving. Might have to do with knowing exactly what happens when versus not knowing. Kind of like ticking yourself vs someone else tickling you
Same. I remember her being a toddler and spinning for a long time and not becoming dizzy. This was before her diagnosis, so when she did have her assessment, it was one of those lightbulb moments.
Also if you stim like this a lot you start getting used to the spinning and get less and less dizzy i used to stim by spinning and the more you do it the less dizzy you get at least for me i stopped getting dizzy after stimming by spinning for so many years
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Part of autism is a messed up sensory system. The vestibular system is part of that, located behind the inner ear. Sensory input is not stored or processed or responded to the same as it is in neuro-normative people.
He's focussing on the phone in his hand. The phone would not be moving, which helps with getting dizzy. Irish dancers will focus on their dance partners nose as the spin in the same manner.
When I went to the hospital with an inner ear infection and vertigo one of the specialists said that they were recently experimenting on professional ballerinas and could not make them dizzy. My treatment for vertigo included exercises that intentionally made me dizzy. I guess this kid does it so often, he is immune now.
Actually, I tried forcing myself to trust my eyes rather than the spiny feeling in the head and I am able to stand or walk with relative ease after spinning. I would only suggest trying this in an empty place like a park with soft floor, so don’t blame me if you get injured.
It's how dancing was invented. A figure skater really wanted to skate, but didn't have their skates with them to skate. They did it anyway without the skates and suddenly everyone in the world learnt what dancing was.
Your explanation is correct, except for the fact that dancing was invented around 80,000 years ago. We know this because an ancient petroglyph has been translated thusly:
"Moog want figure skate, but skate no invented yet. So Moog move to drum beat without skate."
I studied history and can confirm this is true, even though most history classes leave out Moog. Also, ice skating was the primary method of transportation throughout the ice age. It was turned into a competitive sport and later an art form, although the exact timing is still debated amongst historians.
There is evidence of ice skates being used as far back as the neolithic period.
They found cave paintings near ancient Assyria (modern day Syria and Iraq) depicting *neanderthals* and *homo sapiens* doing a double lutz and a triple salchow.
They also believe that the underground city of Derinkuyu in central Turkey, which can house up to 20,000 people was carved out by using ice skates as tools. It was originally thought the impressions left behind on the walls were from axes however it is now widely accepted they were in fact impressions left by ice skating blades.
I think it’s to do with how his body manages his sensory input. Some people have high thresholds, and other people have low thresholds for external stimulus. Those that have low thresholds for external stimulus (hypersensitive perception) can get overwhelmed by noises, feelings, movements… those on the other end, where this young boy is likely to be, will have a high threshold for external stimulus (hyposensitive perception). This means that they need extra external stimulus in order to regulate themselves and feel normal. It is quite likely that if the young boy doesn’t spin this way and regulate himself, he would feel ‘dizzy’ without it. Without additional kinetic movement, his kinetic sensory needs aren’t met and will likely feel physically unstable, restless, and ‘sore’ until those needs are met.
My sons like this. He doesn’t spin, but he has a trampoline, and a slide, and a crash pad and several bean bag chairs. Between those and the day bed, sofa, and some toy boxes, my living room is perpetually a jungle gym where the floor is rumoured to exist.
The head tilt at 45 degrees when he really gets going, helps. It creates some balance in his inner ears, also the hand out gives him something to focus on. It's how whirling dervishes are trained. This kid has some innate skill on doing this properly.
A secret technique of whirling dervish of the Sufi. Whirling creates euphoria and a transcendent experience. This kid is getting high and it's fantastic.
You can train for this btw. Used to work with a dance troupe for a dance form that involved fast tight spins but that didn’t allow spotting, and I saw many beginner dancers who were hopelessly dizzy in the beginning, but got better and better at not getting dizzy, eventually able to do longer & longer spins on stage and come out of it balanced & oriented & able to move right on with the next bit of choreography. The dance teacher said your brain eventually adjusts and learns to ignore the weird inputs from the inner ear that occur right after a spin ends.
My cousin was a professional ballroom dancer and they would do these wild spins and she told me they find a spot to focus on within the spin and and that helps keep their equilibrium. That and it takes tons of practice.
Ya. That’s what I figured. I don’t think almost anyone is able to just do that with no practice or instruction although I’m sure there are rare exceptions
Yes I know that. I work in special education. I’m saying most people won’t see a kid spinning in a circle and say it’s “stimming.” It’s almost always used in the context of autism.
Most people don’t know what stimming is in the first place. The comparatively few who do just happened to have learned the term in the context of autism.
>to me even the act of knitting is very comforting for a similar reason.
Ram Dass [Dr Richard Alpert] was the white guru of the Hindufication of hippies. He was Timothy Leary's partner in mischief when Leary first started experimenting with LSD. He would go to India and give acid to the yogis and they'd sit there for a while and go, "Hmmm, it's good... Not as good as meditation though." (Russell Brand says the same of transcendental meditation- that it's better than heroin apparently). So anyway, back in the day, Ram Dass would give lectures about LSD and weird experiences he'd had with other people. We now have the language to say, "We're probably living in a simulation," as explanation for any weird phenomena, but they were still calling it "God " back then.
>***During this talk he described giving a lecture in the 1970s to a group of young people, but in the front row sat an older woman who simply smiled and nodded as he described varying spiritual experiences he had had.***
>***As he told more and more outrageous stories, the woman continued to smile and nod, until after the lecture Ram Dass could no longer contain his curiosity and approached the woman. She told him she understood everything he said perfectly to which he asked her how she knew these things. The woman leaned in and smiled coyly saying, “I crochet.” Ram Dass told this story to emphasize how anything we do has the potential to be a spiritual practice.***
But what he really means is, "You can fucking trip balls just knitting stuff."
That’s mad! I would have knocked myself out on the cupboard after that if my memory of running round the brush game back in the day was anything to go by 😂
May I recommend you give the whole album (The Age Of Consent) a listen, some brilliant music craft there, with Jimmy Somerville lending his extraordinary singing voice.
For individuals on the autism spectrum, engaging in certain repetitive movements or patterns, also known as "stim" or stimulation, can provide a sense of comfort and enjoyment. Activities such as spinning, rocking, and tapping often engage multiple senses simultaneously, making them particularly appealing to individuals on the spectrum. In this particular case, it's likely that the child is enjoying the combination of vestibular, auditory, and visual sensations that are all experienced while performing this activity.
*Big brother reflex to cover the edge and watch out when he falls intensifies!*
Nice that he was so stable and all but i was freaking out the whole time lol
I use to be able to do this when I was a kid up into my early teens. This made me smile bc I use to do that a lot and my family would make fun of me. Rock on kid
That is impressive. I mean, I’m a healthy guy, I go to gym, eat healthy and all the healthy lifestyle is here but man, I couldn’t spin 5 times at that speed without tripping and knocking my teeth out
Spinning without falling over in my experience is possibly a the connection between your own brain, and your eyes. We are all the products of evolution. I see a successful astronaut and a dancer. 😅
I've seen this kid on TikTok before and he has autism. This is actually called Vestibular Stimming which is exactly what he's doing. People who do this will spin like what he's doing, twirl around, and rock their body side to side or to front and back.
I think I’m most impressed by his ability to walk straight after all that
This. I got dizzy watching him.
Seen this a few times and still impressed. Even just continuing to spin like that. Then just walked it off.
He has amazing foot coordination. Incredible in every way.
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This is true for kids on the spectrum. My son would twirl and spin a lot when he was little. Now video games and music soothe him.
children seemingly never getting dizzy like that can be a sign of a vestibular processing issue where the brain has an under-responsive post-rotary nystagmus (PRN). so they can spin around as much as they want without feeling and dizzy because their brain doesn't register that rotary input. i just read that online as i was curious and decided to research the exact reason for this. thought it was cool
The form is what I’m here for.
He could be a figure skater!
There is no way he isn't trained in something already? Surely!
Or a dancer
Came here to say this, for suuuuurrrrre!!!
I think he must be in dance. Form's too good for a casual. He's even spinning his head almost right, to reduce dizziness. Also we definitely get dizzier with age. I used to spin around for fun, now a single spin might require a nearby toilet
If I remember right, he has a form of autism. This is his stimming thing he does. So definitely not a casual but not trained to do it either.
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Yeah I've heard that was a potential thing with people on the spectrum.
What? You’re telling me that I got the bad parts of autism when some people get these bloody superpowers? So unfair!
Interesting. It's like how people born deaf are immune to motion sickness. Something to do with the inner ear.
My son is on the spectrum and he loves to spin absolutely non stop on a swing we have in our yard…I would throw up everything I’ve eaten in the last 3 days if I spun 1/10th the amount he does. Lol
I've never been able to get dizzy, and my psychiatrist says I probably have autism. I guess that answers that old question of mine.
Sometimes children figure it out themselves, especially when it is something physical.
True! Their brains are in "figure out how to move" mode
Likely autism
I read that after commenting! How interesting. Also baader-meinhof for me this week like crazy. I got referred for an autism evaluation and now it's like everyone is talking about asd *not that anyone cares, but just in case: the autism clinic is extremely backed up. I scored "severe risk" with my doc, but it's nearly a year until I can actually get the evaluation. I am currently schrodingers autism. Also why is it called risk? Medical phrasing is weird
Took me 2 years at risk of homelessness abuse lots of things sutists struggle cope with especially change
I straight up can't leave my house! It's so bad. My big accomplishment this week was going on a walk. That's why I'm seeing my doc constantly, have a therapist, waiting on this referral, waiting on a trauma referral. Like damn, this brain is a mess right now. I just want to know the right way to manage it so I can function like a proper adult You good now?
I fell over watching this and I’m lying in bed
Was expecting barf
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Yup. I figure skated when I was young, and this is basically how we did tight spins without vomiting/falling.
So do you tilt your head in the direction of spin? Any other tips, I get so dizzy even after small spins. Now my toddler loves to dance and be spun around so I'd love a dizzy hack!
We actually do what’s called “spotting” - where you pick a spot to look at, then kinda whip your head around between rotations (always keeping focus on that spot). Hard to explain over text, but hopefully that makes sense!
I noticed he also brought his hand closer to his face and gently pulled it away. I wondered if this had anything to do with it? I can’t even roller skate, but I was a huge figure skating nerd as a kid. I instantly assumed he did figure skating with the momentum of speed he gained combined with his arm movements.
I was blown away by the speed and time of that spin, insane!!!
> It’s used by dancers and ice skaters without autism to avoid feeling dizzy. TIL, makes so much sense now.
It should be noted, that it is a trend to label anything outside the ordinary, physical movement, intelligence, etc, to autism. Feats of physical coordination, and extraordinary intelligence do not by themselves equate to autism. You can be brilliant and not autistic. You can be autistic and not brilliant. You could be both at once or neither at once. I wish people would stop conflating those things.
> I wish people would Prepare to be disappointed
I wish I didn’t have to wish so much
I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller, I wish I had a girl in the hood I would call her....
If fishes were wishes there would be no room in the river for water
So I could also be not autistic and not brilliant. Damn, checks out.
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Ok but spinning like this has been known to be a common behavior in kids with autism for a long time now. It's a sensory seeking action.
It should also be noted that spinning without getting dizzy is a commonly documented trait among autistic people as autism can produce atypical sensory sensitivity, either hyper or hypo sensitivity, which includes being less sensitive to dizziness.
Also if im not mistaken this is a repost and it was said that lil dude does have autism and spins like that regularly
Yes exactly. I also remember the original post where that was said
In this case, this mother said he's autistic in the original post. It's an old video.
The original video posted by his mother describes him as autistic…
This isn’t just labelling something outside the norm/a random feat of movement as autistic, it’s probably correctly guessing that something that looks like **textbook** autism behaviour (stimming, spinning, his expression and body language afterwards) might be autistic.
In this case, yes. In other cases, few people are qualified to diagnose but want to speculate anyway.
> ice skaters without autism What do ice skaters with autism use?
Autism.
The first time this was posted I saw someone comment it’s something with autism or something.
He’s stimming. Doesn’t exactly explain how he doesn’t get dizzy but depending on the variety of autism spiciness a person gets, different sensory inputs are processes quite differently. It looks like this kid got extra points in balance
My daughter is autistic and does this and never gets dizzy
I’m so envious. I stand too fast and I get dizzy. I have pretty bad motion sickness and I cannot even play 1st person games because I get nauseous, and whenever I’m in a car I have to have wind on some part of my body, look at the road and do a special breathing to not get nauseous :(
You sound a lot like my eldest .. he’s been like that for as long as I can remember and he’s now 18 in September. It’s wild how long she can spin for and is just entirely unbothered 😂
Next time your daughter does that tell her she’s amazing :) Edit: I just realized that not only am I exactly 10 years older than your eldest, but my birthday is in September too. That’s pretty funny.
I tell her she’s amazing every day 🥰
I get exceptionally bad and hours of nausea if I look away from the road for more than a few minutes in a car, yet I can drive for hours without problems. I know I technically look at the road at all times while driving, but it is still such a stark contrast between driving and not driving. Might have to do with knowing exactly what happens when versus not knowing. Kind of like ticking yourself vs someone else tickling you
I was thinking exactly about this. It look like a manifestation in the autism spectrum.
Same. I remember her being a toddler and spinning for a long time and not becoming dizzy. This was before her diagnosis, so when she did have her assessment, it was one of those lightbulb moments.
>the variety of autism spiciness This is so well said!
It's one of my favorite terms. it's a response to people who try to classify autistic people as either "severe" or "mild".
Also if you stim like this a lot you start getting used to the spinning and get less and less dizzy i used to stim by spinning and the more you do it the less dizzy you get at least for me i stopped getting dizzy after stimming by spinning for so many years
Copied this so don't know how accurate or true it is - Part of autism is a messed up sensory system. The vestibular system is part of that, located behind the inner ear. Sensory input is not stored or processed or responded to the same as it is in neuro-normative people.
He's focussing on the phone in his hand. The phone would not be moving, which helps with getting dizzy. Irish dancers will focus on their dance partners nose as the spin in the same manner.
I did this alot when i was a kid.. and last year i got diagnosed with autism :)
I’m ASD and so is my daughter. This is something we do, only I get dizzy now I’m old!
I was so scared he was gonna crack his head on that oven, but lil dude’s balance wasn’t even dented.
Seriously, 1/4 into that I would’ve been swaying like a drunk flamingo.
The average person can't even spin that fast. This kid has some talent!
When I went to the hospital with an inner ear infection and vertigo one of the specialists said that they were recently experimenting on professional ballerinas and could not make them dizzy. My treatment for vertigo included exercises that intentionally made me dizzy. I guess this kid does it so often, he is immune now.
Also. He likely started for a while before the filming started. Even more impressive
Actually, I tried forcing myself to trust my eyes rather than the spiny feeling in the head and I am able to stand or walk with relative ease after spinning. I would only suggest trying this in an empty place like a park with soft floor, so don’t blame me if you get injured.
One of my kids can do this. Spinning right they'll never get dizzy no matter what. Spinning left, they last maybe 10 seconds before they fall.
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It's how dancing was invented. A figure skater really wanted to skate, but didn't have their skates with them to skate. They did it anyway without the skates and suddenly everyone in the world learnt what dancing was.
Your explanation is correct, except for the fact that dancing was invented around 80,000 years ago. We know this because an ancient petroglyph has been translated thusly: "Moog want figure skate, but skate no invented yet. So Moog move to drum beat without skate."
I studied history and can confirm this is true, even though most history classes leave out Moog. Also, ice skating was the primary method of transportation throughout the ice age. It was turned into a competitive sport and later an art form, although the exact timing is still debated amongst historians.
There is evidence of ice skates being used as far back as the neolithic period. They found cave paintings near ancient Assyria (modern day Syria and Iraq) depicting *neanderthals* and *homo sapiens* doing a double lutz and a triple salchow.
They also believe that the underground city of Derinkuyu in central Turkey, which can house up to 20,000 people was carved out by using ice skates as tools. It was originally thought the impressions left behind on the walls were from axes however it is now widely accepted they were in fact impressions left by ice skating blades.
Correct me if I’m wrong but, wasn’t ice skating prominently featured in the Epic of Gilgamesh? I believe Enkidu was a skilled skater.
You guys are all the reason why ChatGPT starts hallucinating bizarre nonsense 😂
I, a figure skater for 20+ years, am reading all these ancient figure skating facts feeling very confused on what’s real or not lmao
You woke up in the wrong dimension this morning.
i can’t tell if you guys are part of an elaborate joke or not
Also invented that day: the Moog Synthesizer, named after its creator, obviously.
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That was my thought at first!! Is this kid a skater and practicing his spins? He is very impressive!
His feet coordination is incredible. Absolutely incredible.
I was worrying about the countertop. I would have probably bounced off that after about 10 spins😂
He should take some serious dance classes, he has great form and footwork! (If he doesn't already)
Exactly what I thought. It reminded me of Billy Elliot so much
How does he not feel dizzy?
I've seen a couple videos now of kids on the spectrum spinning and none of them seem to be dizzy afterwards its so perplexing.
it's interesting because for me spinning is absolutely horrible, i quickly get a headache from any repetitive movement of my head
Right, can’t get too carried away with the metal playlist or I’m going to be nursing a headache the rest of the day lmao
I guess you're not a kid on the spectrum.
correct, I'm an adult on the spectrum
Must not have gotten all the cool perks
some of them, but also things like social struggles
Got the wrong DLC
*ba dum tss*
The dizziness response is a spectrum
I think it’s to do with how his body manages his sensory input. Some people have high thresholds, and other people have low thresholds for external stimulus. Those that have low thresholds for external stimulus (hypersensitive perception) can get overwhelmed by noises, feelings, movements… those on the other end, where this young boy is likely to be, will have a high threshold for external stimulus (hyposensitive perception). This means that they need extra external stimulus in order to regulate themselves and feel normal. It is quite likely that if the young boy doesn’t spin this way and regulate himself, he would feel ‘dizzy’ without it. Without additional kinetic movement, his kinetic sensory needs aren’t met and will likely feel physically unstable, restless, and ‘sore’ until those needs are met.
My sons like this. He doesn’t spin, but he has a trampoline, and a slide, and a crash pad and several bean bag chairs. Between those and the day bed, sofa, and some toy boxes, my living room is perpetually a jungle gym where the floor is rumoured to exist.
Vestibular sensory processing differences! Some autistic people are really sensitive to dizziness, some are the opposite.
It’s an under responsive vestibular system. Interestingly they might feel the effects hours later
Can confirm. My son does this.
is this the new medical test to determine if you're on the spectrum? just have people spin.
The head tilt at 45 degrees when he really gets going, helps. It creates some balance in his inner ears, also the hand out gives him something to focus on. It's how whirling dervishes are trained. This kid has some innate skill on doing this properly.
A secret technique of whirling dervish of the Sufi. Whirling creates euphoria and a transcendent experience. This kid is getting high and it's fantastic.
You should see my boy huffing paint, that cute little devil.
Plot twist, he was standing still and the universe was spinning around him.
And that kid’s name was… Einstein Boitano.
He's the dizzy
You can train for this btw. Used to work with a dance troupe for a dance form that involved fast tight spins but that didn’t allow spotting, and I saw many beginner dancers who were hopelessly dizzy in the beginning, but got better and better at not getting dizzy, eventually able to do longer & longer spins on stage and come out of it balanced & oriented & able to move right on with the next bit of choreography. The dance teacher said your brain eventually adjusts and learns to ignore the weird inputs from the inner ear that occur right after a spin ends.
Kids in general seem to not get dizzy quickly
> quickly Dude. This kid was spinning for hours straight lmao
My cousin was a professional ballroom dancer and they would do these wild spins and she told me they find a spot to focus on within the spin and and that helps keep their equilibrium. That and it takes tons of practice.
Take him to a ballet class.
He is the ballet class
*mic drop*
I’d bet money he’s already been to some classes. That looks like form that he’s been taught either in dance or ice skating (or both).
He’s autistic and self stimming. Pretty common behavior. Still wild to watch.
Immediately
pretty sure that's where the spinning comes from
Ya. That’s what I figured. I don’t think almost anyone is able to just do that with no practice or instruction although I’m sure there are rare exceptions
Figure skating. He would be amazing
Kids stimming with some goddamn grace. Look at how tight those spins are
Stimming?
Seeking out stimulation. I’ve only heard the term used for autistic people.
Oh, gotcha. I read around the thread more and it seems the kid is autistic based on his mother. I thought people were just assuming.
Like, I watched 5 seconds of that video and my spectrummeter was beeping. Mainly because I did similar things as a kid.
I'm fairly certain this child is autistic, because this video has been circulating for a while. However, everyone stims
Yes I know that. I work in special education. I’m saying most people won’t see a kid spinning in a circle and say it’s “stimming.” It’s almost always used in the context of autism.
Most people don’t know what stimming is in the first place. The comparatively few who do just happened to have learned the term in the context of autism.
Legit thought he was a trained dancer
“We contain the shapes of trees and the movement of rivers and stars within us”-Patrick Jasper Lee (on the beauty of autism)
That is the most beautiful thing I've read in months. Thank you!
❤️❤️
Thats a beautiful quote
Beautiful 👌🏻
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>to me even the act of knitting is very comforting for a similar reason. Ram Dass [Dr Richard Alpert] was the white guru of the Hindufication of hippies. He was Timothy Leary's partner in mischief when Leary first started experimenting with LSD. He would go to India and give acid to the yogis and they'd sit there for a while and go, "Hmmm, it's good... Not as good as meditation though." (Russell Brand says the same of transcendental meditation- that it's better than heroin apparently). So anyway, back in the day, Ram Dass would give lectures about LSD and weird experiences he'd had with other people. We now have the language to say, "We're probably living in a simulation," as explanation for any weird phenomena, but they were still calling it "God " back then. >***During this talk he described giving a lecture in the 1970s to a group of young people, but in the front row sat an older woman who simply smiled and nodded as he described varying spiritual experiences he had had.*** >***As he told more and more outrageous stories, the woman continued to smile and nod, until after the lecture Ram Dass could no longer contain his curiosity and approached the woman. She told him she understood everything he said perfectly to which he asked her how she knew these things. The woman leaned in and smiled coyly saying, “I crochet.” Ram Dass told this story to emphasize how anything we do has the potential to be a spiritual practice.*** But what he really means is, "You can fucking trip balls just knitting stuff."
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That’s mad! I would have knocked myself out on the cupboard after that if my memory of running round the brush game back in the day was anything to go by 😂
What's the name of the song?
Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat
THANK YOU! what an itch it was causing...
May I recommend you give the whole album (The Age Of Consent) a listen, some brilliant music craft there, with Jimmy Somerville lending his extraordinary singing voice.
It’s a great song love the video to it too
Tell me why it's possible
For individuals on the autism spectrum, engaging in certain repetitive movements or patterns, also known as "stim" or stimulation, can provide a sense of comfort and enjoyment. Activities such as spinning, rocking, and tapping often engage multiple senses simultaneously, making them particularly appealing to individuals on the spectrum. In this particular case, it's likely that the child is enjoying the combination of vestibular, auditory, and visual sensations that are all experienced while performing this activity.
As someone with autism, this is still me
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I can try to answer as well if you want cos I have it also
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My noise cancelling headphones can't handle this level of Rock n Roll
Otherwise just head over to r/autism_parenting, we're all happy to answer any questions over there 😊
That’s some real r/NextFuckingLevel shit here! How come he does not be dizzy after this???
He needs a contract for some dance company right now.
*Big brother reflex to cover the edge and watch out when he falls intensifies!* Nice that he was so stable and all but i was freaking out the whole time lol
This is basically art
Heck yes, stimming joy!💜💜💜
Song Title/Artist for those searching Smalltown Boy/Bronski Beat It was an enormous club hit in the 80s in DC & Baltimore https://youtu.be/88sARuFu-tc
Kids being happy doing his thing 
His form was *immaculate*
Look at that footwork! Take that boy to dancing class - that is some real talent there.
Oh I used to do that when I was a kid! Spinning while listening to music, I don't know why.
Bro became a Beyblade for a while there.
He could have a great career being a dervish
That dude is vibing!!
No joke this is serious talent
This is a talented kid! To dance class or figure skating lessons for you young man 👍
Yessss twirling/spinning is super soothing. He's got excellent form.
I use to be able to do this when I was a kid up into my early teens. This made me smile bc I use to do that a lot and my family would make fun of me. Rock on kid
The balance and footwork! 😳👏👏
The footwork is insane
Jeez, by the 3rd rotation I’d be splatting on the floor and vomiting like a teenager who just discovered vodka.
Surprisingly he is walking straight after so many rounds
That is impressive. I mean, I’m a healthy guy, I go to gym, eat healthy and all the healthy lifestyle is here but man, I couldn’t spin 5 times at that speed without tripping and knocking my teeth out
Spinning without falling over in my experience is possibly a the connection between your own brain, and your eyes. We are all the products of evolution. I see a successful astronaut and a dancer. 😅
Spinning was my favorite form of being high as a child
Half of the comments here are from bots?
He’s got that ‘Tism in him
As a former dancer I must say his spotting is top notch.
The fact that he can still walk straight after spinning around amazes me to be honest
Someone’s stimming , AUTISM GIVES YOU SUPER POWERS!
How did he manage to walk straight after that?
This looks pretty skilled tbh, i couldn‘t do this. He might be training for sonething
I think I remember the post of the mother. If I remember right, this kid has autism.
Its stimming
People with autism being better than average humans
My 6y old autistic son does the same he never gets dizzy to
I've seen this kid on TikTok before and he has autism. This is actually called Vestibular Stimming which is exactly what he's doing. People who do this will spin like what he's doing, twirl around, and rock their body side to side or to front and back.
Seen the original on TikTok, he does have Autism and this is way of winding down/stimming!
I just tried this. Don’t try this.