#semiverbality

[xxpunkbovidxx]

Words so tiring

Sometimes I can't speak correctly and people look at me funny with "that" look

You know the look they give you when they nod along and they try and be patient but they don't wanna be

I just wish I could speak properly sometimes

Can any level 3s relate?

[aacappreviews]

Hi. I’m autistic (ADHD, dyspraxia, alexithymia +) and have always had trouble communicating. I used to speak too much and so fast that no one could understand me. As I’ve gotten older I still talk fast but not too fast now, but now struggle with pronouncing words a lot of the time and have been experiencing non-verbal episodes. I believe I am semi-verbal, and my non-verbal episodes have been getting more and more frequent. Now pretty much outside of my house I struggle to speak or can’t speak. Sometimes I can’t even form words in my head, it’s just static as when I shut down my speech is the first thing I lose.

I’ve been thinking about trying an AAC app but don’t know if using one would be insensitive. I’ve not used one before and some days can communicate well. I don’t want to be inappropriate or offend anyone.

I’ve been reading your posts (and others) and wanted to know if AAC apps are something I shouldn’t be using.

AAC apps should be used by whoever needs them. it's not insensitive at all. my neurotypical, abled caregivers often use my AAC to model or communicate more easily with me. it's just another way of communicating, use whatever you find easiest

[desertarabianhorse]

Hey y'all, is it an autistic thing to have like... Mental semi/nonverbality? Like sometimes my mind just thinks impossibly abstractly, so that idek what I'm thinking, but I'm def thinking something, a lot of thing. But the only thing I can translate into anything I actually understand and/or can communicate is, ex, "I don't love my parents." And then people are always like, but like what were you thinking???? And I literally just do not know. My brain and I have set up a wall or something and I can't understand what's going on in it. It feels pretty similar to semiverbality, which I get sometimes bc of autism. But I can talk during these episodes. So idk. It's probably related to autism.