WHEN STIMMING IS BENEFICIAL: TRAMPOLINES AND THE AUTISTIC CHILD Imagine if your autistic child could calm down without looking weird to outsiders. “Ha!” you’re probably thinking. “Not possible.” Flapping the hands, banging the head, wiggling fingers… whatever it is, stimming just has people staring. But guess what? There is an activity that provides intense, highly therapeutic feedback yet still looks very, very normal: Trampoline jumping When your child jumps up and down...up and down...on that trampoline , his/her body gets two things it craves badly (I’m going to get all jargony on you now): proprioceptive input and vestibular motion feedback. What does all this do? It helps your child be aware of space, of his body, how his limbs respond to each jump. It’s an autism-friendly exercise, and for the icing on the top - it’s a socially acceptable repetitive behavior. So your kid can finally have a way to calm down without standing out. 6 WAYS A TRAM...