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I am trying to find out if any else with AS has trouble with their voice sounding much too young for their age. My daughter's voice sounds much younger than her 18yrs. Talking on the phone for her has its problems and yesterday it actually proved to be a real problem.

She had an important phone call and the guy basicaly blew her off as too young to know what she was talking about. I can assure you she did know the subject and was correct. But she sounds about 9 or 10 with the higher faster speech.

It really upset her. Does anyone else have this problem or is this her issue alone?

It does seem pretty common for Aspies to speak in a higher-pitched, nasally tone. I guess you could say that much like with a lot of other things, speaking in a "normal" pitch doesn't come naturally for Aspies like it does with NT's.

I had this issue myself, but I conquered it through my experience with my college's radio station, training myself to speak through my diaphragm. I still struggle with it sometimes, but for the most part, my voice now sounds pretty normal for a 22-year-old male. So basically, it's something that can be worked on - I'd recommend voice lessons if they're affordable.

I have a very high-pitched, nasally voice. I was going to meet a friend to go out to eat a few years ago, and she thought I was a woman.

Tim

I sound like a male Londoner, and I'm a female Canadain.

Hi. Why people are so attuned to what the depth of the voice sounds like-I just don't understand.

Here is my take. As women, we are somewhat 'taught' that ladies should sound 'polite' and 'friendly'.

Well, I've been sounding (and being) "polite and friendly" all of my life.
And all of my life I have sounded to other 'like a child'. It is really frustrating to be 'treated like a child' by absolute idiots.

There ARE times where my voice is accepted by other people on an equal level. And unfortunately it is usually when I have reached a point of frustration.

Tell your daughter not to worry about it, but if she is, try public speaking classes to help train the "brain to voice" and also maybe some vocal activity plus physical activity, such as hobbies that utilize the voice at full strength (I'm thinking karate or sports) plus the effect that excersise has on strentghening the vocal apparatus and the lungs.

I say so because I've found that after engaging in similar activities my steady, healthy, and confidant tone is more often (and not always) available as well is a quicker response. (say a day or a week or even in time! opposed to answering conversations 3, 5, or 20 years later)

I sound like a kid, and look like one. I'll be 28 in 2 weeks or so and I get kicked out of bars for not having ID, and this is in Canada where 19 is legal drinking age in my province.

Even now, I still sound like a kid but what's worse is I often sound really tired and depressed even when not feeling that way.

I know how that feels, I used to get carded all the time when people used to drag me down to the bars in Halifax when I used to live there, I'm now going on 34 and still to some people I look early-mid twenties and still sound like a kid.

hum.....interesting.......My 7 yr old sounds like he is two.

Well there is a program called audacity I think which allows you to record your voice and see the pattern it makes on screen,
you could do this and then get her to copy you and compare the patterns, by doing this she could learn to control her voice by trying out diffrent things and comparing the pattern.
Hope that helps.

I sound like a man lol...and I'm a 17 year old girl who looks about 21

My daughter has a deeper voice and speaks often in a mild monotone. She also sings - soprano!

gili, yes this happens and still does happen to me, on the phone especially. whenever i call for tech support on the phone or bust a scam artest in the act of phone soliciting tehy think they are talking to a little kid,! !

i mean hello im 22 not 8! when i had dsl, i would call for tech support and when it came time for resetting the connection on router id call and they would tell me to have my parents do it! i hate how they assume just because i have aspergers and i sound wayyyy younger and am shorter then my stated age, dont mean i should be treated like a small child. but i guess they have a point, because kids i guess have been known to call and ask for passwords for routers from dsl service, its just really maddening when your un happy as it is when downlaoding or just surfing and have to get help to reset modem and have a tech who thinks ur a kid added on top of that hence nothing getting done.

since that, i get the supervisor's supervisor's supervisor before any action is done to fix a problem i might have.

another case was i went into a deli to get a hoagie and the owner almost called the high school on me (graduated a year before this happened) and i told her no, i graduated in 2002 but call if you want they will just tell you she graduated already.

when i give instruction on something over phone or in person they look at me like im some wannabe and dont know what im talking about (cars, doors)