Post APTKdAe3XxFqtrbsp6 by edithgevelyn@queer.party
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 (DIR) Post #APTKd8qkDoDRKdWzK4 by CorneliusHecker@mastodon.lol
       2022-11-09T21:52:15Z
       
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       #ActuallyAutistic #Autism #Autistic  are there any non-speaking or minimally-speaking autistic people on here?
       
 (DIR) Post #APTKd9SJy6H1DB6ztQ by edithgevelyn@queer.party
       2022-11-10T00:24:30Z
       
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       @CorneliusHecker Define "minimally". I lose the ability to speak whenever I get anxious or upset. Even when I'm comfortable I also only verbalize as a "response" if I'm prompted to do so first. If I try to speak first and start a conversation it's like the words get jammed up in my brain.But so long as I'm comfortable and I'm answering a question, I can verbalize just fine, even for long stretches. So I'm not sure if that counts as "minimally."
       
 (DIR) Post #APTKdABLGiHnSoAx4C by CorneliusHecker@mastodon.lol
       2022-11-10T00:50:14Z
       
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       @edithgevelyn By minimally, I mean primarily uses non-speech communication when if they can talk somewhat. This is a flexible category; I would not consider myself minimally speaking even though I struggle with speech and sometimes loose speech because of my dyspraxia, because speech is still my primary method of communication.Does that make sense?
       
 (DIR) Post #APTKdAe3XxFqtrbsp6 by edithgevelyn@queer.party
       2022-11-10T00:56:23Z
       
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       @CorneliusHecker That's fair. I guess I don't count, then, I don't use an AAC or sign language or anything like that.
       
 (DIR) Post #APTKdB3a13fgB1YGbg by dhfir@expired.mentality.rip
       2022-11-10T20:43:02.180669Z
       
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       @edithgevelyn @CorneliusHecker I'd be in the same boat there.a bit closer to nonverbal than NTs, but still verbal.
       
 (DIR) Post #APTWQ1PblKtBwwLfpA by Hyolobrika@gleasonator.com
       2022-11-10T22:55:09.977177Z
       
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       @CorneliusHecker @edithgevelyn @dhfir @CorneliusHecker @edithgevelyn Once, someone at a pub thought I was nonverbal because I wasn't saying much lol. The conversation was about autism.
       
 (DIR) Post #APTWXO5tpTfKK9dt3I by thatbrickster@shitposter.club
       2022-11-10T22:56:24.449484Z
       
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       @CorneliusHecker I was blessed with high executive function. Boosted in case anyone in my reach is or knows of someone else.
       
 (DIR) Post #APTWePRvBmkaYQI7Gq by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
       2022-11-10T22:57:43.123Z
       
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       @CorneliusHecker@mastodon.lol I used to be minimally-speaking as a child.