#low verbal

[wordmojiworld]

could you please make some emotes for something along the lines of “prefers not to speak”? its for a headmate of mine :}

Did a few variants, feel free to request more if these arent what you were looking for!

[gaybitch-3000]

Some thoughts

I've always wondered what to classify myself as speech wise. I know that I have medium support needs but one of the things autisms makes the hardest for me is communication. I can say things fine in my head but when i say them to someone else it just doenst make sense to them. I try so hard to make them understand and it doesn't work. Some days I just can't force myself to speak at all, or if I can its through various sounds/with communication cards. When I get overwhelmed I lose my voice and sometimes that lasts for multiple days. Overall I can only really use my words 60% of the time, but of course no one sees that. I try very hard to make sure no one sees that.

[autisticdreamdrop]

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hating talking/speaking

[cryptid-called-ash]

Building on the new addition.

Ren gets used to seeing the dialogue windows when he is brought into the family. It’s after the first wave he fights beside the shield family that, when Naofumi sees the young swordsman after the battle he, in a voice gravelly and raspy from disuse, says “You did good, kid.” Ren cries.

Skaan is fully capable of speech, it’s an act, a reprieve. Nao feels comfortable enough to speak as skaan. It’s a mask, and that’s protection.

Naofumi will talk to his kids, and to Erhard. However this is only when is sure they are alone.

( disclaimer! This is 100% based on my own experiences with periods of being low verbal ability to totally nonverbal. This is in no way an encompassing of how all people experience being low verbal/nonverbal. )

[moth-in-a-lightning-jar]

don't know what to call wylan speech. can be normal-ish for months and then get bad for months and go back to normal-ish and dunno what to call.

semiverbal? unreliable? ????

[light-bender]

Rereading Rhythm of War and listening to how Gavilar talks to one of the most driven, talented, amazing women in Alethkar like:

I want to haul up this man's soulcast statue and bring him back to life just so She can be the one who gets to kill him this time.

[five-thousand-loaves-of-bread]

really really tired and mad at lower support needs autistic & speaking autistic (autistics who speak most of the time) stealing terms & space meant for higher support needs autistics & semi/nonspeaking autistics

higher support needs autistic & semi/nonspeaking autistics deserve words and space for us

not everything has to be about you!! not everything is about you

there is difference between being ignored and being decentered

you can be marginalized without being most marginalized

you can be marginalized while not being marginalized in other areas

autistic community should be for all autistics not just palatable autistics useful autistics acceptable autistics

angry angry angry

[befuddled-calico-whump]

Riot Kings, page 141

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[wordmojiworld]

could you make an emote that says low verbality/scribality?

Here you go! I already made a similar, more expansive set of emojis can be found [here]! I actually prefer these ones over the old ones though!

[autisticdreamdrop]

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feeling the way you talk is weird and bad.

[gillipopmoji]

Could you do a “verbal, but saving limited energy”

sure here

[adhbabey]

Artic Spectrum, High Artic, Low Artic and No Artic

What is the artic spectrum? Artic is short for "articulation", the loss of articulation in this sense, is similar to the loss of speech, and varies between many different people for many different reasons. I have coined this term as a replacement for "nonverbal", as those communities do not wish speaking people to use that term. This term is for any person who experiences some type of speech loss, struggle or any other form of loss of communication. This term is not meant to speak over any nonverbal person, and is instead to give a word to those who fall outside of non-speaking, yet cannot speak all the time, for whatever reason.

What does the artic spectrum encompass? Anyone who has varying levels of articulation, and for some, that may change depending on the day, month, whatever. These terms are especially made for systems who have alters who cannot speak, vocalize or articulate, while other members of the system can. But anyone can use them, and you can use these terms depending on how you feel, according to the day.

Why call it "artic"? I was searching for terms that are simple, yet easy to understand and vocalize. I felt the definition of articulation, the formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech, to be appropriate towards coining a new term. Artic does not mean the same exact thing, but it means to be an umbrella term for those who can speak sometimes, but not all the time, for whatever reason. So a fluid spectrum to making noise to not being able to make any, I find this term appropriate.

High Artic Flag

html color codes: FFDDA1, F9AF82, D7595B, AE3861

Warm colors are meant to represent the ability to vocalize as much as one wants. Such things, as hot soup or tea, are meant as a cure for things like a sore throat. Its only appropriate that the flag colors are warm.

This term is meant for a day or period of time where you feel vocal and ready to speak, perhaps even hyperverbal. Some people may feel this more than others. Some alters, may be more on the high artic, than low.

Low Artic Flag

html color codes: D4EFFC, C0CDF0, 66ABCB, 4775B8

Cold colors are reminiscent of the arctic, which reminds me of this word. And when you're cold, you may stutter or struggle to speak, so that's how this feels like. You just can't seem to warm up your vocal cords, no matter how hard you try.

This term is meant for those who often struggle to speak, only able to get a few words or sounds out, whether its the full person or an alter. You may even feel like its hard to speak your native language. But as these terms are fluid, it can be depending on day to day, but it doesn't have to be.

No Artic Flag

html color codes: EBDEFA, BDCDE4, 614A96, 423454

There isn't a super specific reason why it's purple, but the colors in the flag are almost black and white, along with an icy cold blue. The icy blue is supposed to be a call back to the low artic flag, if you don't have any artic, you are in the low category anyway. I felt the deep dark purple, was almost black. If you can't speak, for whatever reason, it may feel suffocating like the color black. Or empty, void of noise, like the color white.

This is meant for people who lose speech entirely for a period of time, or has an alter who cannot speak at all. This can happen during stressful moments, this can be because of a specific disorder, this can happen due to anxiety, really any sort of way. Loss of speech is scary, but you can use this term to help communicate that.

You can also refer to yourself as "non artic", if you'd like.

Artic Spectrum Flag

html color codes: C4D8C3, B0E6D4, 68A292, 3C8A8A

Green is a neutral color between warm and cool. So it's appropriate that the spectrum would be neutral to both.

This term of artic spectrum is meant for someone like me, who grew up in intensive speech therapy, and has alters with varying levels of verbality, so developing different parts of me, meant that some of us can speak better than others. Some of us can barely speak at all. So, if you've had a similar experience, or just need terms like this to describe your experience, go for it. It's good to have a way to communicate something that you feel like you haven't been able to. Especially if your speech loss is fluid, or from alter to alter, like mine. It's meant for anyone who has varying levels of speech, especially if you don't know why. These terms are for you.

Please be kind, and this is for people who feel like other terms are a mouthful, but don't know an easy way to describe their experience. Speech is complex, especially if you grew up not knowing the right way to. Or if you have a speech impediment, like me. And if you can't pronounce this right, no worries, you can just make an emoji or type it down, or something. Or you can just say it differently and that's completely fine. I hope this works for those who need it.

[pumpkinspicedmochi]

Anyone who has/had family or parents who isn't used to you using aac and who is nonverbal or semi verbal who uses aac , do you just use aac around them and force them to get used to it orrr?

(if you are fully specking/fully verbal and use semi or non verbal incorrectly/for yourself as in saying you 'go nonverbal/semi verbal' this isn't a question for you)

[sugarsweetvirgo]

Eve: Bottling up negative emotions is bad for your health, so you shouldn't do it.

Seto: I know, that's why I bottle up all my emotions, both positive and negative, so it cancels out.

Eve: Th-that's not how that works-

Actually, the two are pretty open with each other.