I have a difficult time speaking

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I started speaking when I was 5. I repeated something my parents said. Then that encouraged my brother to start speaking, he was 3. His verbal skills are better than mine now but his social skills are quite bad.

Talking is extremely difficult for me. I blush when I have to say simple things. My brother talks for me when we are out and about. But somedays we both are nonverbal. That can be problematic.

I have a difficult time with body language and social cues. It makes conversations difficult. My brother doesnt seem to be aware of that stuff. He can go on and on about the same thing and never knows that people are bored.

Are you diagnosed with classic autism, and your brother Asperger's?

I guess, under the DSM-V, that you'd both be diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Level One or Two.

No, he still started talking late. Hes just better at speaking than me. He gets very bad sensory overload too, worse than me. What is the difference between level 1 and level 2?

Level One means you need less support than Level Two.

People who were diagnosed with Asperger's are usually, though not always, diagnosed as Level One.

I have problems speaking too sometimes cuz I'm not sure what to say. I also have a tremor disorder that can affect my voice & cause me to struggle to get words out sometimes. It's worse when I'm anxious, stressed or tired. Being on meds helps some. I also sometimes say the wrong word when I mean something else I think due to my dyslexia like I'll say hot when I mean cold, or oven when I mean microwave. I do this when typing too sometimes. I was in speech therapy when I was in elementary & middle skewl cuz I had problems pronouncing certain sounds correctly like S, Z, TH, SH, CH, PH(there may of been others). My speech is a lot better nowadays thou. I also went through a phase in elementary where I would sometimes spit when I talked. I didn't realize I was doing it. I was sort of expelled from skewl with a month left in the year for spitting in someone face. I'm NOT sure if I actually did thou looking back cuz he was a bully & tried to get me in trouble including lying a lot. At the time I believed I did not do it. It got me a month off from skewl & I was passed on to the next grade(the skewl only went to 4th grade & I was in 4th at the time so I would of had to switch skewls the next year anyways). I also went through a period where I would sometimes blush when I talked. I got embarrassed very easily which I'm sure contributed to the blushing & also embrassed me more which made me blush more, friggen cycle. I think going through puberty was some of the cause too cuz it got a lot better by the time I graduated high-skewl. If the blushing is bothering you or making you more anxious, there are some meds that can stop/reduce blushing like beta-blockers like Inderal/Propranolol. Some beta-blockers like Inderal may also help with anxiety but not always.

You can learn to become better at talking by practicing. If I were you, I'd try to get out of my comfort zone every now and then and make an attempt at talking even when you don't feel like it. Don't push yourself too much though so that you don't get too overwhelmed. Is it the talking itself that's bothering you or is it some sort of anxiety?

You can learn to become better at talking by practicing. If I were you, I'd try to get out of my comfort zone every now and then and make an attempt at talking even when you don't feel like it. Don't push yourself too much though so that you don't get too overwhelmed
. Is it the talking itself that's bothering you or is it some sort of anxiety?[/quote]

Its the talking itself and anxiety. My brother seems to get less anxiety. But he often doesnt follow social rules. Talking exhausts me. My voice is very melodic or scripted according to people. My brother has a very fast voice. I try to talk more. Its extremely difficult. Both my brother and I have level 2 autism. But he talks more. Someone said that they could tell I was autistic by the what I type. I dont know.