What makes it difficult for mute people to speak?
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I don’t know if this in anyway belongs here as an explanation but as a child I had selective mutism. I was kept back a year in school because I wouldn’t speak. At that time no one knew what selective mutism was, and in 1970’s Ireland where not every mealtime was accompanied by the meal part, no one cared. As I grew up it went away and I was just classified as quite. Fast forward a number of years and I get very sick. A part of the sickness was starvation that brought out front and center, Autism Spectrum Disorder. What helped in the diagnosis was when my wife realized at some point I had just stopped talking and at times all I could do was communicate with my hands. I’m all better now and I’m dealing with the ASD very well.
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