art - by shane (drawn before fusion)
muse - our system persona, Dream
art account - @germcore
it's okay to be nonspeaking.
it's ok to be semispeaking.
it's okay to be hyperspeaking.
if you deal with verbal communication issues. if you are selective mute. if you use AACs/TTS. that is okay. how you communicate is up to you. it should be your choice. no one should force you to use your mouth parts for communication. you shouldn't have to pay to communicate.. but we do.
Shane prefers AAC/TTS apps. texted based, picture based, of both. they are unreliably verbal
A lot of system members uses AACs/TTS to communicate. Some alters fully can communicate verbally "normally." some can talk, but prefer AACs/TTS. some are nonverbal, semiverbal. or semispeaking or nonspeaking or unreliably verbal, verbalflux/altverbal, it depends on the alter who wants to use which term.
and no you cannot "go" nonverbal or semiverbal. it's verbal loss or shutdown. you can only "become" semi or nonverbal pretty much from regression. we use to use "go semi/nonverbal" but we now know it is a constant state.
no matter what your verbal abilities are, you are valid. those autistics out there with different verbal abilities, you're doing great!! - The Dreamdrop System
