An autistic woman who claims she does not stim has not stopped gnashing her teeth since the first Clinton inauguration, it has been revealed.

42-year-old Olivia Buckingham claims that she has never felt the need to self-regulate, although she reportedly acknowledges that 33 years is a really long time to have an achy jaw for.

Buckingham said: “I was diagnosed in adulthood, but I just couldn’t relate to all that stuff about stimming. I don’t seem to flap my hands or rock or anything like that. Even when I get upset because I can’t fully open my mouth without searing agony.”

“The dentist said my teeth have essentially been worn down to stumps, but he didn’t think it was related to my childhood obsession with Dip Dabs.”

“And no, I don’t think it was caused by the formation of the Backstreet Boys.”

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