Hello. I’m in my mid 20s. I was mute in my early youth and had to attend speech therapy classes in preschool and early in elementary school, and I rode the short bus. I played with and spoke to my stuffed toys until I was in middle school and that was when my parents took them away. My family always said that I was an odd child, but only in recent years did they suspect that I was on the spectrum. To this day, I’ve never been officially diagnosed.
That’s amazing. Thank you for sharing your experience. I would like to get evaluated someday. My speech has gotten better over the years but it’s still not consistent, I still have trouble with speech speed, stuttering, and pronunciation and enunciation. Edit: Also it feels like I have an auditory delay. Someone will say something, but it’s as if there’s a delay in the processing as it won’t click. Sometimes I don’t immediately understand and it may take a few moments for it to register.
You’re welcome!
I have that auditory delay as well. It makes it hard to have engaging conversations, especially when I’ve already been taxed out with other mental issues. I can hear a whole statement, and it wont register until seconds later. I can come off as rude or uninterested, but really, it’s just the way my brain is functioning. 🤷♂️