#altverbal

[hyper-unfocused]

I’m very new to terms like verbalflux and choice verbal, but I was wondering if anyone else experiences verbal shutdowns because of overstimulation in the throat? Like I could force the words out if I absolutely had to, but it’s very uncomfortable and I’d rather respond with just nodding or shaking my head. I’m unsure if this is also a part of being verbalflux/demi verbal.

[harlan09]

we think we might be demiverbal, but we wanna know for sure

so

demiverbal people, tell us about your experiences!

[our-altverbal-experience]

Yo! I just wanna say I appreciate this blog, especially how you mentioned speech issues can be related to things other than autism in your pinned!! I’ve been having progressively worsening difficulty speaking due to my psychosis, and I want to find resources and hear other’s experiences. I guess it’s just the nature of the internet that all the tags related to altverbality is flooded with people discoursing over who’s “more disabled” or “disabled the right way”.

It’s been disheartening because my speech loss is obviously different from a lot of autistic people’s verbal shutdowns. It seems a lot of people posting in altverbal tags don’t recognize my type of speech loss as real or severe enough.

I will probably be back to say more when I think of stuff! Anyway, thank you for this blog!!!

aaaa no problem! I also noticed that people who have speech differences for other reasons aren't really acknowledged, and when I went to create this blog I didn't want to make the same mistake. I want to help bring more awareness to experiences like yours to help combat the erasure of said experiences.

additionally, I'm also not a fan of the discourse. I've blocked people over it. it just feels like certain experiences are watered down in a way that makes it seem like at some point there are no struggles involved whatsoever, when that's blatantly untrue... if I'm feeling the effects of this as an autistic semiverbal person, I can only imagine what it's like for people with other conditions that have impacted speech. it's saddening to see how unsafe communities like this can be... hopefully my blog can prove to be a safe space for more people.

[crippy-tangerine]

Been waiting a while before talking about it to see what amount of speech we can get back, but:

We no longer claim the identity of nonverbal- we've been practicing speech post-catatonia and can actually speak again. Not always the way we want to be able to, not always for very long, but. It would be wrong to continue saying we are nonverbal when we are more generally altverbal/semiverbal now. So just a little note to update folks 🩷

[objectum-man]

Last thing from me... Headcanon time! This is about the CHARACTER, not the REAL LIFE PERSON. KAYFABE NOT REAL PERSON.

Danhausen of pro wrestling is Danhausennameic and altverbal!

[our-altverbal-experience]

My Verbalflux experience is having a verbal shutdown for who knows how long and being unable to use an AAC app I have without feeling like I'm appropriating resources from nonverbal people. (I have verbal shutdowns bc of Overstimulation or ME/CFS flare ups)

it's a generally held belief among AAC users that AAC is for anyone, which means it absolutely isn't appropriation for those who are verbalflux to use it!

[epikulupu]

altverbal

not really a coining post but you know what. anything can be a coining post if you think about it!

anyway introducing the term "altverbal". general umbrella / catchall for "verbal in a nonstandard way" or whatever. i find it particularly useful to describe members who are commonly

possible uses:

speaking in rhyme

word salad

talking in circles / "psychosis speak"

speaking with unconventional syntax, such as only using passive voice

speaking in the second or third person

anything else

this generally doesn't include typing quirks, they change how the text is written, not how the whole sentence is constructed. i cant really stop you tho do what you want forever.

i made this term up, something similar may already exist. the lion does not concern itself

no flag bc its 3am but i'd be happy to see one :)

ok thats all. back into the inactivity pit

[computersys]

let us make reminder.

saying as an altverbal system (at least not fullverbal, but not nonverbal), we don't "go" nonverbal. it is permanent state.