Why do someone people with autism talk loudly?

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Is it because they want attention? And what can they do about it?

Possibly they can't hear speaking clearly in many environments throughout life, so developed habit of talking loud themselves, like people with age-related hearing decline.

Why do someone people with autism talk loudly? To be heard, of course! I had that problem as a kid, until my dad broke me of the habit by nearly breaking my jaw. Since then, most people ignore me if there are others to talk to.

They may have difficulty determining if they are speaking loudly.

They may have difficulty controlling the volume of their voices.

It's not for attention, anyway, I don't think it is. I think they really have no idea of how loud they are. Fnord said it was to be heard so perhaps others have the same reason he has. But I know that I speak way too softly and I have no idea how softly I am speaking unless people tell me which they do all the time. Internally to me it sounds like a normal volume so I can't tell how soft it is to others. I have read that this is an Autism thing, people speaking too loudly or too softly or too quickly. I used to speak too quickly as well and sometimes I still do but I have done a lot of work to slow down. But I think they really don't know how loud they are. My husband is naturally very loud and he never knows that he is being as loud as he is. I have to always ask him to speak softly and he always has to ask me to speak up.

If I'm talking loudly I honestly have no idea until someone asks me "Why are you so LOUD? You're almost shouting."

I always have no idea. Absolutely no clue.

I have a slightly better grasp on it now than I ever have. Trying to remember to speak at a moderated volume is distracting though and if I get excited it goes out the window. Thankfully I don't get excited over much.

i talk too loud sometimes because i don't realize how loud i am. if someone points it out, i quiet down.

This.

It's in the textbooks and everything.

It's absolutely true of me. I'm told regularly that my speaking volume is inappropriate to the circumstances. Of course I as often speak too quietly (people who actually want to hear me can't because I'm scared I'm saying something wrong, so I say it quietly, and there's a lot of white/background noise and NThubby is going deaf and I can't hear you Lyra) as I do too loudly. I don't think I ever set my voice on the correct volume.

People think I choose to do this out of stubborn perversity, of course. But I really do try to control my speaking volume and adjust it according to circumstances like surroundings, other listeners and amount of background noise.

I probably fail seven times out of ten.

I also talk louder if I'm excited about something.

I'll admit that I don't have good control over the tone or volume of my voice, and that sometime I feel like I need to "talk over" things in order to get my voice heard. Sometimes I'm too quiet, and sometimes I'm too loud. I'm almost never the right volume for the situation. If I'm excited and/or have strong feelings about something, then that definitely causes me to raise my voice as well.

I don't know I am talking loudly until someone tells me I am shouting or to lower my voice or that I am hurting their ears.

I also talk too loudly. I often don't realize how loud I am until I am told to bring the volume down a notch. It usually happens when I get excited or start talking about something I am passionate about.

Me, I am usually too quiet or too loud. If I speak loudly, I might sound angry even if I am not.

Some autistics have trouble controlling volume and tone of voice, like myself, although not as bad as others on I've seen. For me, it's usually because noise isn't processed properly and everything can sound like a jumbled mess. Hope that helps.

If I talk too loudly I only know if someone tells me, the same goes for if I talk too quietly, too quickly etc.

It runs in my family.