Arquatic Autistic:
Being nonverbal is an odd experience I keep finding more people out what kind of people they truly are based on just how they treat me once they realize I cannot speak and it’s like I’m an external mirror to public society and other neurotypicals like the moment they realize I’m unable to express myself verbally via mouth speak their actions reveal a sort of truth serum about who they are as people if they’re a good person with kindness and empathy or just another ableist pretentious snobby person. It’s sorta dehumanizing how I’m just used as an object this external mirror and it says way more about them than it ever says about me and having them never know a single true detail about who I am as a person inside and that really hurts. For those of you who become nonspeaking later in life be prepared for that kind of widespread rejection from outward society every time you go out in public. Those of you who are experiencing severe speech loss to the point where you lose all functional speech you’re not alone and I see you you are never alone. And you will get through this. Being nonverbal isn’t a bad thing or tragic thing it just weeds out the vast majority of those who you don’t need in your life.
