self-expression
Noun
The means by which one's personal characteristics are displayed; showing one's internal beliefs or character by means of external actions/changes.
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Medical culture constrains stimming through strict clinical designations and pathologizing definitions, referring to it as stereotypies or "self-stimulatory behaviours." Autistic people, however, often define stimming more broadly as repetitive sensory practices used to regulate emotional states, to cope with external sensory stimuli, or for purposes of self-expression.
Noun
the expression of one's individuality (usually through creative activities)
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self-expressions