#verbal spectrum

[ieatratsyummy]

AAC Zine (repost)

aac zine (repost)

Made: May 22, 2025.

My ko-fi! (link)

And, just as a PSA, I do not identify with the term nonverbal/speaking anymore! I used to be, but with speech therapy I have managed to get to the point I am semispeaking. This zine was made while I was using that label, which is why I use it at the end of the zine.

[celsius451]

Is someone actually able to define clear line of where is the difference between semiverbal, demiverbal, and hemiverbal and how do you know which one? Because inconsistent information and not enough detail examples of different possibilities. How much is struggle with speak, and what's difference between struggle speech and strouble with language and wich is it talking about eith verbal?

Can ask questions if you nit understand what I'm saying, abd i'll answer them better after some slep when cam focus more on type better 👍👍

[witchy-fennec]

So, I don’t really fit the term semiverbal, but I definitely don’t fit as a fully verbal autistic either. Because of this, I’ve been thinking of what a good term would be for sorta verbal (aka can reliably talk a decent amount of the time, but also has plenty of verbal shutdowns, and a little trouble speaking in a way that’s usually not all that hindering when able to speak) autistic. I decided on demi-verbal and think this sums up my experiences pretty well. I’ve never seen demi-verbal anywhere and searching for it brought up nothing.

Demi-verbal:

Can reliably speak most of the day for most days of the week

Verbal shutdowns happen anywhere from a few times a week to a few times a month, possibly for no apparent reason

May experience some level of difficulty with mouth words, anywhere between slight difficulty only a little of the time to half the time

Please respect nonverbal/non-speaking and semiverbal/semi-speaking autistics and listen when they tell you not to use (and thus misuse) a word/words that was coined specifically for nonverbal/non-speaking and/or semiverbal/semi-speaking autistics. Those words/terms were coined for a reason.