Non speaking is not non thinking.
Some of us do not speak. Some of us spoke once and do not anymore. Some of us speak on good days and not on bad ones. Some of us speak in some contexts and not in others.
Some of us do not speak. Some of us spoke once and do not anymore. Some of us speak on good days and not on bad ones. Some of us speak in some contexts and not in others. None of this is a measure of intelligence, comprehension, or inner life.
The public conversation about autism still centres speaking Autistic people, and usually ones who speak well. The Autistic people who use AAC devices, who type, who gesture, who sign, who use picture boards, who use silence, are routinely treated as less capable, less present, less worth consulting.
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