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On Self-Diagnosis (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[-] princessnorah 3 points 2 years ago

This article is really really good, I think it deserves to be a post of it’s own. This quote is the best description of the way I experience being verbal that I’ve found:

When you are autistic, talking can be exhausting. Even if you are extremely verbal like I am – adults praised my precocious vocabulary as a child, and I have often been called a “chatterbox” – vocal speech is draining. My well of words may be deeper than that of most other autistic people, but it is not bottomless.

this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2023
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