Understanding and Addressing Self-Injurious Behaviors in Autistic Individuals
It is estimated that about 42% of autistic people engage in self-injurious behaviors. Self-injurious behavior (SIB) is when a person physically harms themselves by head banging on floors, walls or other surfaces, hand or arm biting, hair pulling, eye gouging, face or head slapping, skin picking, scratching, rubbing or pinching, or forceful head shaking. Another term you may hear is…