Talk about communication. Are you verbal? Nonverbal? Partially verbal? How do you usually communicate?
I was a late talker; my mother says I didn’t start speaking until I was four but that once I started I spoke normally and never stopped. From what she described I’ve come to the realization that I must have had, at least briefly, some sort of impediment regarding certain sounds. Specifically, those with the ‘or’ sound which I would pronounce as ‘air’. So morning was mair-ning, door was dair, four was fair. Apparently I would have arguments with my grandfather to shut the dair and that I was fair years old while he would argue the correct pronunciation.
For the most part I am verbal and don’t generally have any trouble communicating through speech. However, on some occasions, usually when I’m really stressed, I cannot talk. It’s like the words are there but I can’t get my mouth to cooperate enough to say them. I guess I could classify these instances as nonverbal episodes though I’m inclined to believe they are tied more into my social anxiety than my autism.
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