stim toy

See also: stimtoy

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stim toy (plural stim toys)

  1. (psychology, autism) Any toy, usually handheld, used for sensory self-stimulation.
    • 2021, Erin Felepchuk, Disability Studies Quarterly‎[1]:
      Autistic people often stim with the help of technologies such as music and stim toys or tools to mediate between inner worlds and outer environments that may over/underwhelm us.

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