Lanceeselhombre wrote:
dragonsanddemons wrote:
By "semi-verbal," do you mean that the character has a form of selective mutism (essentially can speak sometimes, but not at other times)? I do, and nobody I've met in person ever believes me when I try to tell them, they insist that I can speak if I try hard enough, I just don't want to, since I'm capable of speaking some of the time - but that isn't true, I'm physically incapable of forcing my vocal cords into action sometimes (especially when I'm very anxious or experiencing sensory overload). That's just as frustrating to me as the mutism itself.
Actually, that happens most of the time I can't meet someone's expectations of me, especially with my dad - I'm accused of not trying hard enough, not wanting to do something, and/or not caring. Because my autism is an "invisible disability," people just don't understand that I struggle at or am not capable of things that are easy for them.
What you described is exactly what I mean. Although he is going to have a very limited amount of words he can verbalize.
I can give you some insight on what it’s like to be selectively mute or partially nonverbal it’s like sometimes I’ll talk a lot to one person but be totally unable to get words to to another.
Perhaps this person couldsee a group of friends but one of them they don’t talk to because of being selectively mute.
Perhaps the they become friends and this person talks to some people in the group and not talk to others and all of them are very close so they wonder why this person is not talking to certain friends .
But hey that’s just my advice
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