Nonspeaking Autistic - Blog Posts

Ah, the few people I've had to block for telling me it's not ableist to use the term "non-verbal" and that I'm alienating allies.

Nearly the entire non-verbal/non-speaking community is asking it not to be used by reliably speaking Autistics.

Do some not mind? I'm sure! But this is a majority thing.

That is greater than any preference. And if you block me or are alienated by me for pushing the voices and wants of a part of the community that is generally ignored?

Then you're just giving me the reason to push their voices louder.

It is not inappropriate for AAC users to have acsess to swear words.

My peers started swearing at around age 10, and if that is what language the speaking people of that age are using, nonspeaking people have the same right.

Not giving us acsess to the same type of language as our peers feels alienating, it doesn't let us communicate with the same language and terms our peers and friends do. We are not babies. We are not stupid. We are the same as our speaking peers. Just because you can sometimes control what language we use, doesnt mean you should.

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