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Non-verbal ?

Images are usually literal but partial, blurry, ect. My ability to visualize varies from time to time. Ironically, I used to write fiction and imagine detailed story plots even so. Never sold anything. Just wrote for mine and my parents entertainment mostly. I daydream stories a lot actually. Now they mostly involve myself in dream jobs ,ect.
 
Does lacking an inner dialog mean that you don't have the problem of realizing that you have started mumbling at yourself or ever need to get away long enough to argue something out with yourself?
 
vergil96 said:
No, I don't mumble to myself or at least it happens rarely
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I do this all the time, and not just mumbling quietly. It gets some funny looks from people sometimes, other times it starts a conversation with people near me. I tell them all what Mum told me when I was little.

Talking to yourself is the only way you'll ever get the right answers. :)
 
Usually, I'm more hyperverbal, although I can express myself much better through written than oral way (more time and calmness to sort my thoughts and form coherent sentences).

Rarely, though, it happens that I get at least a partial shutdown where it gets much harder to get words to physically leave my mouth and to move. It usually only lasts a few minutes. It happens sometimes when I am very upset, pressured, etc.
 
Angular Chap said:
It was confirmed at my diagnosis that I am non-verbal in specific situations. I'm still working out all the specifics for myself, when to use a tablet, when to use cards or wear a lanyard, what wording to use and the best ways of explaining and describing my specific challenges to people.
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I always carry an iPad with me, I also have pen, pencil and paper. I also wear a lanyard.
 
I am in the same boat as @Jumpinbare.

I have the capability of talking. But I generally don't alot. I've tried, in recent times, to talk casually with my Uncle. But unless it's a topic I am interested in or have some minimal knowledge in. I otherwise stay quite.

I'm a inward person, to a fault.
 
I went silent when I was in first grade. Can't remember much about it though, big blank in my memory.

I talk now, but if there are aggressive speakers speaking, I wander off and look at the flowers.
 
I used to go really shy when I was a teenager if I was in an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people. I'd smile and make eye contact but was too shy to do anything else, so I'd just sit in a chair and stay there until it was time to leave, which by then I would be starving hungry and dying to go to the bathroom lol. I'd speak if spoken to, like "hello" if someone greeted me or whatever, but if I was asked any questions I usually just shook my head, or if the question wasn't a yes or no question then I just shrugged my shoulders. I'm glad I'm more talkative now at social gatherings.

As a child (under 11) I was more lively at social gatherings and didn't seem shy at all. I'd play with other children that were there and be interested in climbing the climbing-frame or playing with the toys or an imaginative game. Life was so much simpler being a kid.
 
Today I had an appointment and had my laptop and my iPad but the communication does not work. It takes too long and we cannot talk enough for an appointment. The doctor is very nice but after when I was with his assistant I saw her give up and not want to do it any more.

An ASL interpreter would let me talk as fast as I need to. It would be like a real conversation but I do not know about paying for it. Where I live if I request an interpreter the doctor is required to provide and pay for it. But he is very nice but I think it would cost hundreds of dollars for a short visit and that is not fair to him. It would cost him money just to see me. Not fair. People should be paid for their work. It would hurt him every time I saw him. Also I think he would get upset with me because of it and I understand.

At a hospital or clinic I would not mind, they are large and can afford it and hospitals have interpreters on staff.

Sign language interpreters would make my life so much better but I do not know if I could ask for one.

I went to the Post Office recently and talked with my iPad but the clerk offered to sign and it was heaven. So fast, so easy and for the first time I could really talk though the clerk did not understand some things. My best communication experience.
 
grommet said:
Today I had an appointment and had my laptop and my iPad but the communication does not work. It takes too long and we cannot talk enough for an appointment. The doctor is very nice but after when I was with his assistant I saw her give up and not want to do it any more.

An ASL interpreter would let me talk as fast as I need to. It would be like a real conversation but I do not know about paying for it. Where I live if I request an interpreter the doctor is required to provide and pay for it. But he is very nice but I think it would cost hundreds of dollars for a short visit and that is not fair to him. It would cost him money just to see me. Not fair. People should be paid for their work. It would hurt him every time I saw him. Also I think he would get upset with me because of it and I understand.

At a hospital or clinic I would not mind, they are large and can afford it and hospitals have interpreters on staff.

Sign language interpreters would make my life so much better but I do not know if I could ask for one.

I went to the Post Office recently and talked with my iPad but the clerk offered to sign and it was heaven. So fast, so easy and for the first time I could really talk though the clerk did not understand some things. My best communication experience.
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I am doing research and from wha tI found out, if a doctor accepts my insurance and I need a sign language interpreter, my insurance would pay for it, not .. the doctor would not have to. I have to make sure for sure but if it is true I want to do it. Finally being able to talk without sounding like a baby or using shorthand, a real conversation and at normal speed. It is an exciting thought.
 
grommet said:
I am doing research and from wha tI found out, if a doctor accepts my insurance and I need a sign language interpreter, my insurance would pay for it, not .. the doctor would not have to. I have to make sure for sure but if it is true I want to do it. Finally being able to talk without sounding like a baby or using shorthand, a real conversation and at normal speed. It is an exciting thought.
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I hope it works out for you and that you'll be bale to get an interpreter without problems
 
Italianbratxoxo said:
I used to be mute until I left high school. 😆
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I went nonverbal in early primary school, then I got elocution lessons of a sort from an old retired bishop. He taught me how to project my voice without yelling and to read out loud with perfect diction. In his own words he said he was teaching me how to give a sermon without the benefit of a microphone.

My parents soon regretted me taking those lessons, so did my teachers, and there's a few ex-girlfriends that'll tell you I'm pretty good at delivering a sermon. :)
 
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I went nonverbal in early primary school, then I got elocution lessons of a sort from an old retired bishop. He taught me how to project my voice without yelling and to read out loud with perfect diction. In his own words he said he was teaching me how to give a sermon without the benefit of a microphone.

My parents soon regretted me taking those lessons, so did my teachers, and there's a few ex-girlfriends that'll tell you I'm pretty good at delivering a sermon. :)
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That’s really neat. I’m glad you got help for it. I used be really quiet all throughout school until my senior year. Taekwondo has helped me loads with my confidence and learning to speak up. I actually called a girl out in my class for being a know it all. I’ll never forget that. 😂😆
 
My therapist doesn't understand my speech problems. I tried to explain. Why is it so hard to understand? Why is audism so deeply ingrained in people's minds? He couldn't believe that a lot of the time I can't speak. That how, you do speak now, you can speak. Yeah... now, here. Key words.
 
grommet said:
I am doing research and from wha tI found out, if a doctor accepts my insurance and I need a sign language interpreter, my insurance would pay for it, not .. the doctor would not have to. I have to make sure for sure but if it is true I want to do it. Finally being able to talk without sounding like a baby or using shorthand, a real conversation and at normal speed. It is an exciting thought.
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You have great ingenuity and initiative, Grommet. Awesome.
 
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