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29 Jun 2024, 11:13 pm

Hi i just want to has to meet other people that are is are like me. My name is ellie and im an 23. it is nice to meet you guys. thanks. i was disgnosed low functining back in in 2004 or so i was very little and then whenbthey is is change to the levels im an level 3 i use weave chat aac to speak

what do you guys u se.? are you do you think that we can i will ever is get a a job? what are you is favorite things to do yiu guys?

i have a trampoline do you guys like to bounce too i vw i also did i have get a buzz buddy mom getted it is the BEST THING IN THE THE WORLD EVER EVER I LOVES IT

THANK YOU



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01 Jul 2024, 9:08 am

When I was young about 65 years ago, I used the trampoline. In high school, I took a course in gymnastics. It is like jumping on the trampoline. You learn many skills, exciting skills like the trampoline.


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01 Jul 2024, 11:23 pm

Hi Ellie,

Welcome here! I'm very verbal and diagnosed autistic, but .... I'm fascinated by non-verbal or semi-verbal in autism.

The nonverbal autistics I've met at social/autism events were too "low functioning" to communicate with -- not even with AAC.

I've met a few semi-verbals, in that they lacked back-and-forth communication ability, but they were able to read out loud whatever I put in front of them. So they could be quite verbal when reading, but not when conversing.

So I have a question for you. What is it that keeps you from being fully verbal? Is it that you're able to THINK the words, but then when it's time to speak, that part of your brain-to-vocal cords doesn't work?

Or is it an issue of extreme shyness, in that you can't speak much TO other people, but when you're alone, can you fully talk to yourself? This would be selective mutism.

So if you can type your thoughts, then, what is it that makes it difficult for you to transfer those thoughts to speech?

I'm genuinely interested in knowing this straight from another autistic person. Because I rely so heavily on being a big talker, I can't imagine being able to type out thoughts yet not be able to speak them out loud.



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02 Jul 2024, 7:18 pm

Elgee wrote:
Hi Ellie,

Welcome here! I'm very verbal and diagnosed autistic, but .... I'm fascinated by non-verbal or semi-verbal in autism.

The nonverbal autistics I've met at social/autism events were too "low functioning" to communicate with -- not even with AAC.

I've met a few semi-verbals, in that they lacked back-and-forth communication ability, but they were able to read out loud whatever I put in front of them. So they could be quite verbal when reading, but not when conversing.

So I have a question for you. What is it that keeps you from being fully verbal? Is it that you're able to THINK the words, but then when it's time to speak, that part of your brain-to-vocal cords doesn't work?

Or is it an issue of extreme shyness, in that you can't speak much TO other people, but when you're alone, can you fully talk to yourself? This would be selective mutism.

So if you can type your thoughts, then, what is it that makes it difficult for you to transfer those thoughts to speech?

I'm genuinely interested in knowing this straight from another autistic person. Because I rely so heavily on being a big talker, I can't imagine being able to type out thoughts yet not be able to speak them out loud.



for me I am can onley speak a a few words aout loud. total. even then you can barly under stand me. it is ex tremly hard for me to to speak most times it is is imp ossuble. so i use AAC. my mouth it just just dont isn t wirks. and werds in my my head they is feels scattered and is garbled.

also mom make us appoin tmebt for for THE ARC MID SOUTH an am EXITED. SOPOSTED TO BE NEXT WEEK WE MEET. ALSO WE IS GOED TO LEGO STORE TODAY WAS FUN AND I DIDENT EVEN ELOPE IN HUGE MALL DID GOOD JIB JOB



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02 Jul 2024, 7:27 pm

Selective mutism isn't about being shy. ^


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