speech disorders...?

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i was just wondering how many people have an obvious speech disorder with their autism? i think it's this that people react first to, and maybe my lack of care about clothes etc. it gets worse when i'm tired. it's monotone most of the time, but when it's obvious is when i leave off beginnings of words, or just have that autistic sound. yikes am 44 and haven't realised this much til risperdal - well i remember feedback from from one mean young adult when i was about 20 - "oh she hasn't ever learned to talk properly" - yuck.
i'm sure it makes ppl think i'm stupid - though some of time i can be articulate, confident and clear - i'm sure the changes confuse ppl.
How else do you think this might affect the way i stand out, and i was wondering if anyone had any ideas about how i could minimise this.
Thanks in advance,
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Having speech problems, to different degrees, is sorta par for the course in the Autistic Spectrum, even in Aspergers. You're definitely not alone there, earplugsaremylifeline.

I frequently find myself grasping for words, or the correct words, or stuttering. My voice can also be monotone sometimes. I can also get too loud on occasion. And anxiety and level of energy can effect this greatly. For me, these problems get even worse with greater anxiety or less energy.

As to how to minimize these things, I'm not sure there's a cure-all answer to that. Usually for such problems, which resemble Aphasia, people can get speech therapy to help improve-- but not cure. Or try certain methods used in speech therapy. These, unfortunately, I don't know myself and so I can't help you there. But if you're really intent on getting help with it, look into either getting some mild speech therapy or learn some methods of it to apply to yourself. That is my best suggestion to you. Hope that helps a little.

I did not speak until I was 4 and even then I had to go take speech therapy.

-SpaceCase

does talking TOO MUCH ALL THE TIME qualify? Because if so thats me!

I dont have a "speech" disorder, but I dont have the "correct inflection" in my voice and offend people often.

I have no clue how loud I'm talking - I have learned to look at how people are interacting with me - how close they get to me when I talk . . .
If I get really stressed or mad I use one word answers to anything . . . and sometimes I can't think and speak right - I'll think something and say the exact opposite . . .

My voice is semi-monotonous (more "flat", really). I can't express much, people find it either amusing or are doubtful when I attempt to convey happiness or excitement.

I sometimes stutter, though not that often. I have found that more often I have trouble with putting verbs in the correct tense while I am speaking, and also sometimes getting plural and singular confused. My way of speaking tends to be rather round-about, yet I also tend to use a lot of "large" words where most people would use simpler terms. I also have trouble explaining things from the beginning, when attempting to describe an item or an event, I have the images in my head quite clearly, but the translation of such images gets rather muddled when I attempt to describe them to others.

I don't have as much of a problem conveying abstract ideas, because in general, I think those in words. My personal physical experiences are all imagery, and that is where it gets confusing to relate.

I don't know if it'd be called a "speech disorder," but it is quite embarrassing sometimes. It has happened to me quite a few times at work that I simply couldn't get out what I was attempting to say in a meaningful way, and at that point I usually just give up and say "Ugh, nevermind. I can't talk now."

I have been told that Claire speaks with a monotone voice although I don't notice this. She does speak very clearly.
My husband also with AS continually talks and no more then a couple of minutes goes by without him talking except when his asleep.
I started stuttering when I was about 4 years old it was so bad that I saw a speach therapist for about 6 years. What helped is reading allowed, I had to read allowed for half an hour every day. I'm now 43 years old and I hardly ever stutter, it got better when I left school. Got worse again when I was courting and now it's hardly ever noticed. But most times when I start a sentence I miss the first few sounds of the first word or the whole first word, my thoughts go quicker then my mouth.
But reading allowed is a great technique in pronouncing words correctly. and can help most speach problems.

I have a hard time getting the desired inflection.
I sometimes can't come up with the words. I go to say something and nothing comes out.
Unless I make a conscious effort not to, I tend to imitate the accent of whoever I'm talking to. I've realized that this offends some people so I try to keep a lid on it (and I refuse to sound like Jethro Bodine!)
I often have trouble communicating with people. I say something and they come away with a totally different meaning. My parents always said it was because I mumbled, but I think its something more than that.
Since I've started posting on here and my wife's been reading my posts, she says she never recognizes my posts because I write so much different than I speak.

My daughter didn't make a sound until age 2, then went straight into delayed echolalia. Now she just talks continuously. I mean CONTINUOUSLY. A running monologue of the whole day.
Me: "Let's see who can go the longest wihtout talking"
Her:"OK. When do we start?"
"1,2,3 GO. First one to talk loses"
"OK. I'm going to win!"
"But you just lost"
"Oh"
"Lets try again. 1,2,3 GO!"
"OK. Now if you talk daddy, the I win. But if I talk then you win but I'm not going to talk. This is a fiun game. I like it. Want to play again. Why are you shaking your head daddy?where are you going?lets play some more.I'm going to play I spy, then I'll cook for my horses but first I need a bandaid because I got a hangnail but mommy said not to chew it so I'll just get a bandaid maybe Elmo or should it be Pooh and My bear needs one too...

Abnormality in any area of language is not at all unusual in the Autistic Spectrum. Too loud, too soft, too little, too much, too this, too that, grabbing the wrong word, not finding the words at all... The list goes on. If it's language, if it's abnormal, it's typical of an autty.

I also talk way too much.

Unfortunately, there's really no medicine to improve language problems unless problems increase with anxiety and then antianxiety meds could be helpful. But usually speech therapy is about the only thing.

Some people say when I speak. There is no cuth behind what I say. I have a hard time in certin situations speaking up and coming up with words, and words don't come out right. And alot of times when I talk about something there is no expression in the face and voice, and goes in one ear and out the other in people....