Steven Kapp

Research fellow
University of Exeter

Steven Kapp is lecturer in psychology at the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom.

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Stimming, therapeutic for autistic people, deserves acceptance

By Steven Kapp
25 June 2019 | 6 min read

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