A parent in an autism group asked, "Do you think the reason why a lot of Autistic children have speech delay is because Telepathy is more natural to them?"

Some of the other parents answered, "Absolutely! Telepathy is 100% natural to them."

LISTEN UP, PEOPLE! Thread coming.

Don& #39;t call it a "speech delay". (Some autistic people DO have a speech delay, but for most nonspeaking autistics, it is NOT A DELAY.)

Ask "THEM" why they don& #39;t speak. Don& #39;t assume. There are MANY nonspeaking autists who can give you answers IN WORDS. (If your telepathic ability to receive their thought transmissions was so great, you wouldn& #39;t have given this Wrong Answer.)

Dive into this thread. There are about a hundred posts and videos and whatnot from nonspeaking autistic people explaining their struggles and what helps them, as well as what matters to them. https://twitter.com/ekverstania/status/1101777600903610370">https://twitter.com/ekverstan...

There are many nonverbal ways of communicating, and there are some autistic people who are mystics. But you can& #39;t easily beam a message like "Please don& #39;t increase my dose, I& #39;m at risk of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome" into the head of a doctor, so WORDS MATTER!