Talking about my Speech Impediment | Autism Experiences

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Today. I am talking about what it was like to grow up with a Lisp/Speech Impediment. I know a lot of people on the spectrum have been through something like this so I would love to hear your experience below.
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[@kingrhino11]

Thanks for being vulnerable and honest. You're helping at least one person, me feel more comfortable in my own skin. My lisping bothered me a lot when I was younger and I wish I learned to stop caring about it sooner because it was the source of much negative emotion that still echoes in me. Ive noticed that adults still like to joke about lisping as much as school children but it's usually good-natured ribbing and they tend to appreciate the novelty. Learning to love yourself is serious business but I used to dismiss it as some meaningless cliche.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Hi friend! I once have a coworker buy an office birthday card with a lisping duck on it - he went to have me sign it and panicked and said Oh… ummm… but we had a good laugh about it

[@stephensanner1315]

I definitely feel you on the "tongue feels a bit oversize" bit. I'm not sure that I have a diagnosed speech impediment, but I think I do stumble over words more often than most other people do. When you mentioned being pulled out of class in elementary school I remembered that I was too. My memories of it are hazy at best, but I think it was mostly my handwriting that we worked on. Your lisp is, at most, merely noticeable. I don't find it hinders your intelligibility at all, and at the end of the day that's all good communication is--successfully transmitting your ideas and meaning. Just as you said, it's simply different. P.S., your bunnies are adorable!! 😻

[@WoodshedTheory]

Hi Stephen - it’s so hard for me to remember my childhood clearly as well! Thanks for your support

[@GemmasJourneyGrace]

Hey Claire awesome video again as usual, i have not realised that you had a speech issue, you speak so clearly and fluently i would never of guessed. I like that you explain, people's stereotypes and when you told them to go suck an egg, that was hilarious. i have told people on my streams, to go suck an egg, that's so funny , great minds think alike !!

[@WoodshedTheory]

Twinsies

[@gardenlove9742]

I slur when I'm anxious, especially on the phone (I hate phones). People often think I may be a little bit drunk.

[@WoodshedTheory]

I kind of wish I WAS always a little drunk

[@JAMESGREGORYKULP1985]

Hello Claire. And I am 36 years old. And I am on the Autism spectrum I have PDD-NOS. And I have a speech impediment. I stutter when I talk. I have a very difficult time even getting a Full sentence. And I had speech therapy all throughout my school years. And it is very embarrassing for me. I am very ashamed of it. And I still struggle with having a stutter everyday.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Hi James thanks for sharing - it is so hard when you can’t really help it - I’m proud of you!

[@JAMESGREGORYKULP1985]

@@WoodshedTheory your welcome Claire. And yes it is very hard that I can't control it. And thank you Claire.

[@arnowinnertz]

I don't know why but i love it when someone lisps😘

[@WoodshedTheory]

Yes love a lisp!

[@FirstmaninRome]

I have a vocal stem that occurs when I joke, get nervous or concentrate. They gave up on speech therapy cause they said it was Habbit" , and later special ed was obsessed with it, but never caught the low eye contact high math score , school avoidance autism.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Yeah it’s funny what they focus on and what they don’t notice at all

[@passaggioalivello]

Hi Claire, I can relate. I had, and still have, several speech disorders, especially stuttering, cluttering, delay and selective mutism, and even much more. I've a cartoony voice too, with tone issues. But as an undiagnosed child, no therapy for me. It still cause me some bullying problem.

[@WoodshedTheory]

I’m sorry you were bullied, I hope things are better now

[@passaggioalivello]

@@WoodshedTheory Not really, but thank you.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Well in any case Glad to have you

[@charging7]

I'm the guy that recently commented on your mechanized speaking in a previous video you made, I guess it would've been good to mention I only noticed it because it's my cadence as well. I think you're amazing.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Hey friend I like that comment! Told my partner that someone had Clocked me as a robot lol. Yeah I didn’t realize my natural cadence was like that until I started editing myself

[@FirstmaninRome]

Well, you sound amazing now. After ten years in techsupport I love accents and that a good way to think of it.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Thanks accents are the best!

[@shineluckypenny]

I'm autistic, with speech delays and impediments, including a lisp. I also have Cluttering Speech Disorder, a fluency disorder, that can co-occur with ASD and ADHD. I relate to people sometimes not taking me as seriously, especially in the past. Like you, it doesn't bother me anymore, but it wasn't until this year that I gained the confidence to speak publicly and put myself out on KZbin. I admire that you are willing to put yourself out there; I enjoy your videos and content. I do wish people were educated more on speech impediments, as well as autism. Sometimes people make incorrect assumptions about people with speech impediments and often underestimate their abilities (also happens with autism). You brought up a good point that people who are communicating with people with speech impediments need to deal with it, or take steps to try to understand the person. This also applies to communicating with people on the spectrum. So many times, the burden is placed on autistic people to ensure that communication is clear. Sometimes the other person communicating needs to also take steps to ensure clear communication. You may already know this, but a couple studies have shown that autistic people communicated more effectively with other autistic people, and most of the communication breakdown happened with differences in neurotypes. This likely points to a difference in communication in autism, not a defective way of communicating. Yet, often it feels like people place the burden on autistic people. Often the implication is that the person with ASD communicates less effectively. I understand that there are lots of different 'flavors' with autism and that it can affect communication skills differently in different people. As for your questions, I think there are a lot of factors that go into why speech delays and speech impediments can often co-occur with autism. Apraxia of speech, a motor speech disorder has a higher rate in people with autism. Apraxia of speech affects the brain pathways that are involved in speech motor/movement planning. Dyspraxia or developmental coordination disorder (which I also have) is also common in ASD, and it also affects the brain pathways for motor panning. I'm speculating if ASD might tend to affect certain brain pathways and connections so that might be partly why speech delays and speech impediments are common with ASD. Also, as you know, speech delays can be a sign of autism. Additionally, learning to speak out loud is a skill that is socially taught. I also wonder if paying attention to speech sounds could require imitation skills; plus auditory processing issues can be common in ASD. People with ASD can also have co-occurring conditions that have a higher rate in ASD that can affect speech such as Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs), epilepsy, and mitochondrial disease. Additionally, dyslexia is a common co-occurrence with ASD, sometimes this can affect articulation. Lastly, I speculate that there might also be genetic risk factors for speech disorders that might be more common with people that have certain genetic risk factors for autism. I understand we are still learning more about this, and that it's not completely understood yet. Thank you for your patience, I know this was kinda long.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Hi Friend this was such a thoughtful comment and I learned a lot. I am going to do some more reading on what you brought up. Also I will check out your channel. Thanks!

[@shineluckypenny]

@@WoodshedTheory Thank you, that means a lot! If understood you correctly, I’m looking forward to what you think about my channel (if you’re comfortable with that)! I also enjoy reading up on neurodivergence related topics. I really enjoy talking about autism with people but I’m often told I talk about it too much. Not sure if you relate to that (or is that too personal to ask)? Btw, do you ever have problems listening to your voice on video (or is that too personal-wanted to clarify I like how your voice sounds) ? I thought you may have mentioned it. I find it hard to listen to my videos or myself speak in general, I think partly because of my speech impediments. I know part of it is our voices sound different to ourselves and on recording because of bone conduction etc.

[@faeriesmak]

Thank you for this comment! My son is now 21 but when he was a child he spoke quickly and squashed his words together. I pretty much had to translate his language to people for years. I think that he had cluttered speech disorder. I am not happy with all of the doctors that he had as a kid. He was only ever diagnosed as having ADHD even though he is a textbook case of ASD as far as boys go.

[@nunyerbizness9598]

Your hard work paid off, I never noticed a thing until you spoke the words "speech impediment" which I think you leaned into a bit. Also, your voice is not at all cartoony and merely on the slightly higher end of average to my ear. I am sometimes asked where my accent is from but I'm not sure if that isn't more about dialect than pronunciation.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Hi friend thanks the only one I leaned into as a joke was the stick around at the beginning. Hope you are well

[@remygallardo7364]

Your bunnies are actually pretty well behaved for outdoor rabbits! I have two that are indoor exclusive and we have a solid 30 or so square feet dedicated to them in our house. One is a dutch mini that only tolerates me holding him (absolutely adores it and grinds his teeth when held) and a new zealand rescue that has neurological issues that make her very dizzy and haaaaaaaaaaaates being held in any capacity. As for speaking I think I dodged a bullet honestly. I had delayed speech, probably in part because of autism, but also in part because I was born temporarily deaf that eventually resolved around the time I was 3. So my initial introduction to communication was letters and the beginnings of sign language and I didn't begin speaking until I got my hearing back. At that point I apparently developed very quickly because I was a very acute listener and mimicker but I just chose not to speak most of the time and have always had a preference for speaking in text. As for accents I'm functionally a generic American blank. There's elements from a lot of different regional accents but for the large part because I base my language on the words as I saw them rather than as I heard them (and that we moved so many times across the US that I was exposed to tons of accents) I really haven't been impacted.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Thank you my bunnies spend a lot of time with us so I think they are more comfortable because of it - they still don’t want to snuggle though!

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

I saw a woman at the grocery store a while back that had a black and white rabbit perched on her shoulder.

[@CathyThwing]

You have bunnies on your teacup! Special interest much? I have trouble with the letter R and went to speech therapy as a kid. I woke up today and realized it was Wednesday and that meant Woodshed! Made me happy to wake up!

[@WoodshedTheory]

Cathy that is so sweet thank you for telling me it helps inspire me to keep going. Yes I have to be very careful with what bunny stuff I let myself buy - my mom usually buys me bunny gifts but this mug I got myself 1. Rabbits 2. Beatrix potter 3. The bunnies look a little like my Benny

[@vikkipummer4185]

I related with a lot of this! When you mentioned being tired making it harder… yesss! I had speech therapy all through elementary school and still struggle with certain words at times. Throughout life I’ve learned to often quickly come up with a synonym for what I’m trying to say instead of just stumbling through the word over and over. I definitely have more difficulty when I’m tired or anxious. I also will practice some words that I know I have trouble when I know they may come up in conversation soon. Although sometimes a word will sneak up on me as difficult. Today in a meeting I could not say “legislative” and I was just all F it, you know what I’m trying to say. Both my boys have speech issues and my eldest had a major speech delay when he was a toddler. He talks a lot now but will probably take speech all through elementary school like me. He hasn’t been diagnosed on the spectrum, but has social communicative disorder.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Thanks for sharing - I know what you mean about coming up with a synonym that is easier to say and also practicing words. I struggle now mostly with words that end in s - or start with th for example thesis or nemesis

[@neurodimensions7509]

I appreciate this video and admire your confidence and self-acceptance! I have apraxia of speech and my biggest challenge has always been my r’s. I always felt embarrassed about this growing up and developed social anxiety. Before my autism diagnosis, I thought it was the speech impediment and social anxiety creating all my social differences. It’s a pretty complex mix still! I am feeling less self-conscious about making any speech errors now as I have started to embrace more neurodiversity and disability acceptance :)

[@WoodshedTheory]

I’m so glad for your comment! I’m happy your journey is leading you in a more positive direction right now.

[@garthliebhaber6914]

Appreciated this video - autistics relating personal experiences has really built our community and helped us not feel alone. FWIW, I heard a slight lisp from you, but I’m also a special ed teacher. I know when I’m tired my articulation goes way down… Thanks for sharing your story!

[@WoodshedTheory]

Thanks for always commenting Garth hope you are well!

[@madberry]

When I was younger I knew some one with a stutter this person gravitated to me because I was one of the few people that didn’t interrupt or finish words. And I had a genuine fascination for the stutter. We spend a lot of time theorizing why he had this stutter. So when I met a person with a lisp I figured they must like to talk about it as well. I only talked to this person once I didn’t realize some people are embarrassed by the speech impediment. The question “so do you have the lisp because your tongue is too long?” didn’t land well. Elementary school such a confusing place. Plus having to go to a library to find books on a new fascination wasn’t always practical either.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Haha I am not sure I have had that question but I yeah my tongue is too long

[@jackd.rifter3299]

I also was held back in kindergarten and that's when therapy started for me and I continue to do. I was told that I didn't speak until I was 5 and the most you would get out of me was like, grunting noises and screeches. I kinda always thought that I was talking but it was like nobody ever heard or understood me. For some reason my guardians decided to keep things from me because of my intelligence claiming they wanted to give me a "fair shot at life" but in my opinion, keeping me ignorant to my own disabilities did more damage than help.

[@WoodshedTheory]

I would be interested to know how you would have liked your parents to handle the situation? I know many parents aren’t sure what to do or how to tell their kids.

[@jackd.rifter3299]

@@WoodshedTheory They basically just did the "tell him he's normal and he'll eventually be normal" method and wouldn't really allow me to have any diagnosis besides ADHD and they would keep anything like, diagnoses and my IQ from me.

[@michaelmalervy9066]

I always seem to relate to your videos (so much so that I now think of you as my younger sister from a different mother and father) but this video hit particularly close to home. I have struggled all my life with a lisp as well and spent time in kindergarten through 8th grade being taken out of class for speech therapy. I hated that because I always considered being taken out of class as being a negative thing. I do not know how noticeable it currently is to others but I am very self-conscious about it. The funny thing is that I still have my Philadelphia accent even though my family moved to California when I was 9 so perhaps to the untrained ear of the typical Southern Californian it is just part of my accent. I cannot say for sure as I can never figure out what others are thinking. But you are right. It is just another part of who we are.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Michael I also grew up in PA! Maybe we are Related!?! Lol

[@FlyingSQWRL7]

OMG Benny! Want to cuddle so bad hahah Also, as a fellow lisper thank you for this video! No one could understand me when I started elementary school, I had to do all the speech therapy as well. I've never really thought about it/looked back on it much though, so it was really interesting to hear your experiences!

[@WoodshedTheory]

Glad it resonated with you - our baby Benny crossed the rainbow bridge recently 😔

[@FlyingSQWRL7]

@@WoodshedTheory I'm so sorry to hear that 😔 I've never had bunnies but Benny looks like he woulda been my kinda guy, such a cute friendly little dude. Hope you're doing alright, I know how tough it can be losing a loved one

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

Kindergarten is super-easy if you're developmentally ready for it. My best friend had to repeat it, but was subsequently allowed to skip 1st grade and then promoted to the gifted program. Most of kindergarten is about learning how to deal with other students and be at school, a bit about making sure you've got the physical coordination for things like writing.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Well no wonder they wanted to hold me back if it’s all about socializing

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

@@WoodshedTheory It's a substantial part of the process. Ensuring that students understand how to be in school. It's why so little of the curriculum is academic in nature.

[@vaasnaad]

Thank you again for this video! I often wonder if you're aware that you are hitting on some fairly unique things and I find everything hitting so close to home - Idon't find a lot of what you cover on other channels! My youngest has a lisp EXACTLY like yours. It hasn't really been much of an issue. He's aware of it but doesn't really care since it's so slight. I find a lot of people have that particular lisp.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Thank you for your support!

[@carlataylor9924]

I had speech therapy in my 4th grade year and I've never forgotten how strange it made me feel to have all tjr attention on me when o got pulled from class to go to the speech class. Lol I couldn't pronounce my R's or my S's. Though I no longer struggle with S I totally let myself mispronounce R all the time! Like I used to try to correct it when I didnt pronounce the R in a word and now I notice that if I dont put in the effort to pronounce it, I wont and it doesnt even bother anymore! As a kid, my best friends name was Tommy Wayne. My mom teased me all the time saying , you mean Tommy Rain! Haha she knew what I meant! I would get so frustrated though because I knew what his name was and I didnt know she was kidding with me! Great Video Claire!🎉

[@WoodshedTheory]

Ugh I hate when people make jokes cause they think it’s cute :( thank you for sharing

[@carlataylor9924]

@@WoodshedTheory your welcome! I know what you mean about the joking thing, I've played clown to my family most of my life. Ecause my thinking is slower, not dumb, but that's kinda the clown role I got as a kid so I just went with it. Still trying to unlearn certain ways of masking. I enjoy being funny, but I dont have to be the butt of the joke! That's what I'm learning! Really enjoy your channel!

[@whitneymason406]

I had trouble with s, th, and z sounds growing up. I also would push my tongue against my teeth when I'd swallow. I had speech therapy in school and no longer have a speech impediment. Reading aloud is still a struggle for me. My son will be 5 the first week if May and is currently nonspeaking. He is in therapy and they are working on teaching him to use an AAC device. Thanks for sharing your experiences and being so open and honest! ❤

[@WoodshedTheory]

I am glad to hear about your experience. I know your son will find his way to communicate with you. He is lucky to have an understanding mom.

[@whitneymason406]

@@WoodshedTheory aww thanks! 😊

[@invisableobserver]

Hi Claire, my name is Gary, I am an autistic adult & I noticed I often have a delayed speech impediment; usually between sentences, I forget what I am trying to say and have been told that I do not pronounce correctly even though I think I do pronounce correctly. I had a throat injury years ago that changed my voice and I hate my voice now. I also noticed people are kind to me until they hear me talk so I am very selective who I talk to, yet people get annoyed when I don't answer. You have very pretty & expressive eyes, I wish I could talk to someone by expressing myself with my eyes though I have difficulty looking into other people's eyes in person. You speak well enough to do youtube videos, I don't have that ability.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Hi Gary it sounds like you are a very good writer!

[@MaryanaMaskar]

Hi! I pronounce "s" "z" "ch" just like you do, and I had no idea that there was anything wrong with my speech until I was 28. I went into audition for radio DJ courses (not really an audition, just a speech test). Anyway, I was the only person out of 30 or 40 people not to pass the test. That's how I found out. Now I can hear the difference, for sure. My first reaction was anger at my mom (seriously, have you been paying attention??) I also have a very girly voice, younger than my age. I don't like how it sounds when recorded, but I like how it sounds in my head. I find it quite melodic.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Hi Maryann thanks for sharing your experience.

[@ScullyPopASMR]

Woodshed Theory rocks!

[@WoodshedTheory]

Yay so do you!

[@t2dwarrior209]

I was pulled out of class in elementary school for speech class as well. 2nd grade I was held back despite the fact I had straight A's & B's and only one C the whole year. Being g held back totally ruined my motivation for school. I loved learning & going to school till that point. Was held back due to my social deficits. I wouldn't talk when the teacher called on my to answer questions she was going over in class. That point on I just went through the motions and didn't even try rest way through school. I'm 42yo now and my long-term memory is extremely good. I remember things all the way back to 4yo. I remember the names of every single teacher from Kindergarten on up and what they looked like. I'm extremely smart on things I'm interested in. Got a bachelor's degree in criminal justice with honors.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Yes I think it’s interesting that they hold children back because of a speech impediment - I think they get worried about a child fitting in with the other kids but surprise surprise we aren’t gonna fit it lol

[@The_Vanished]

Ive been told about my speech a lot when younger and then it got somewhat better but I have been plagued by needing a specific word and not being able to recall that word. Thankfully when prescribed Adderall my vocabulary recall is improved to a level that I've never had available before. Its been incredibly enjoyable to just finally speak and produce better constructed sentences than ever.

[@WoodshedTheory]

interesting thanks for sharing

[@michelelovesbooks]

Hi Claire! Thanks for another great video. Benny and Timmy are so adorable! It’s funny that you mentioned Drew Barrymore because when I first started watching your channel I remember thinking that you remind me of her (love her). This might sound weird but I’ve always thought lisps sound lovely. I sometimes would find myself observing the tongue and lip movements/positions while people spoke to try to understand how lisping happens. One thing that I noticed is that when talking the tongue is often behind the bottom teeth. I remember trying to put my tongue behind my bottom teeth to see if I could learn to lisp. I’m so sorry if this sounds ignorant, I was little and curious about all sorts of things. I noticed that when I’m not talking my tongue always rest behind my bottom teeth and it gets these ridges all around it. Does that happen to you at all? Do you get ridges or bumps or anything? As for me, I stutter when I try to talk when I’m really worked up and stressed out.

[@WoodshedTheory]

I don’t it’s ignorant to be curious - so yeah my tongue rests on the roof of my mouth against the front teeth that’s were I get the ridges from. From my understanding the lisp comes from not striking the tip of the tongue to your front teeth - also your tongue will go past the teeth when pronouncing the s

[@jazzypanduh]

I often feel like my brain processes words faster than my mouth can, which results in word vomit here and there. My words will literally come out as a different sentence/meaning entirely. Then I'm like "oh wait, I actually meant..." Don't know how to slow down, lol.

[@WoodshedTheory]

As I always say “I sound so eloquent in my head”

[@InshasChoice]

Apparently the way I speak is smart/different, according to friends and family. Even before I found out i was autistic, I would constantly beat myself up for stumbling on my words, it's frustrating... it takes me a while to get my point across. Nobody seems to have a problem with it, except I have friends from different countries and they find my English hard to understand... idk if it's my accent or my speech

[@WoodshedTheory]

Hi Insha, I think maybe people on the spectrum struggle with delayed response/thought processing. We just need a little more time but I think it is because we are thinking deeply.

[@faeriesmak]

I don’t have any speaking or language problems but my eldest son had very delayed speech and spoke very quickly and slurred everything together that when he was young I pretty much had to translate everything that he said to people. Both of my sons were held back a year, or rather they started in a 3K class instead of a 4K class when they started school due to developmental delays and social delays.

[@WoodshedTheory]

I was suggested to be held back in kindergarten - my mom wasn’t having it

[@faeriesmak]

@@WoodshedTheory I ended up doing it with both of my sons because they REALLY needed it.

[@WoodshedTheory]

@@faeriesmak speech therapy is a good thing for sure - esp because i couldn't hear a difference in my mind i sounded like everyone else

[@GummyBear1972]

I was surprised about the high, young voice fact for ASD women. I have a bit of a baby voice but I'm 50! Luckily my hisband thinks it's cute. It can be hard to be taken seriously though. I manage a small team at work and wonder if my voice and general niceness is factoring into some of the issue I face there. I think people mistake me for naive, even though I have worked there 20+ years now. It's all so exhausting.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Yeah the unique voice thing was something that surprised me too!

[@carlataylor9924]

P.s. I could hear yours from the first video I watched, I figured that was because its familiar to me! ❤

[@WoodshedTheory]

Ahhh takes one to know one :) it only bugs me when I think about how others may view me

[@MegaBrengy]

I don’t have autism, however I do talk really fast. Unfortunately people can’t understand me and I have to repeat myself. I feel like it makes people take me less seriously. Even with humour I find if I talk fast and have to repeat myself, it ruins the moment and makes the joke less funny. But honestly my life’s mostly fine just gets frustrating at times hehe

[@WoodshedTheory]

I understand what you’re saying

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

It's definitely there, it's also very subtle, and I probably wouldn't have noticed it if you hadn't mentioned it. It kind of reminds me of that episode of News Radio where Lisa is having trouble with it because she's trying to suppress here Bostonian accent and the help is to make her go back to her natural accent, which isn't at all what she wanted. I think it was S05E09 Personally, I had sort of a weird German-ish accent when I was a kid until the speech therapist that came to school put a stop to that. I didn't distinguish between th and f, I was really confused by how au is supposed to be pronounced and a few other bits. That was when I could bother to say anything at all, which might have had something to do with why it took so long for anybody to step in and fix it.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Interesting thank you for sharing

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

@@WoodshedTheory I used to teach English and I was pretty good at accent coaching. There clearly is a slight speech impediment, but I definitely wouldn't recommend trying to remove any more of it. Language variety is a wonderful thing and your speech impediment is very, very subtle. I'd wager that most people don't notice it.

[@9crutnacker985]

I had detected a mild lisp sometimes (another ironic word) but wasn't sure if it was enough to 'qualify' as an impediment. Doesn't interfere with comprehension. Really don't think your voice is 'too high' but then I'm also ASD so maybe that just isn't something that my brain feels it needs an opinion on. If you want honesty, I had been thinking the same thing about the 'fat tongue' though, kind of what I thought the lisp was about. I was 'slow' learning to read but I think that's because what I was given to read dull as dishwater & ADHD brain said 'no'. I struggle putting my thoughts into words a lot of the time but people have also said I can be very eloquent. so go figure. Going non-verbal under stress (then shutdown) is one of my biggest down sides of ASD.

[@WoodshedTheory]

lol fat tongue club. i am sorry you struggle with going non-verbal i know how much it sucks.

[@9crutnacker985]

@@WoodshedTheory or small & dainty mouth 😶- sounds better.

[@sarahleony]

So I ‘ve always noticed your lisp - I hope that’s not negative for you to hear? (I’m unsure if because you worked so hard to get rid of it, it would be a bummer for you to be told that people still notice) I don’t find it takes away from your language fluency at all! It’s just a lisp. I have a slight one myself. A good friend of mine has the sweetest lisp ever, I can’t imagine her without it. I’m the same way with age though. If people ask how old others think you are I hear the others say all these flattering but obviously wrong ages. I can’t. Like, it’s ok to look 48 or 53 or 61. No you don’t look 15 years younger like everyone else is saying. And that’s fine! Oops bit of a tangent there. Anyway, I enjoy listening to you, lisp or ho lisp :)

[@WoodshedTheory]

Hi Sarah it’s totally fine. Even when the video is edited I can hear the “sssss” sound buzzing along the entire time in the background of my voice”

[@NEPatsfanclub]

I need a few minutes with someone who can really could help❤speech impediment I think why I didn’t really talk till almost 4 years old

[@WoodshedTheory]

I spent a lot of my time in speech therapy as a child

[@NEPatsfanclub]

@@WoodshedTheory I was 3 but it was fi physical therapy but they didn’t know how much of a speech impediment I had but I speak pretty good now but it’s pretty much all from watching TV he just seems so down to earth and you don’t deserve what you went through and it’s a pleasure to even speak to you

[@NEPatsfanclub]

🐰 are so 😎 cool

[@WoodshedTheory]

rabbits are cool!

[@NEPatsfanclub]

@@WoodshedTheory I was told that I was not even on the spectrum but I’m getting tattooed for the first time I have one tattoo I want to get that I had to go because it has to do with my mom in I want to eat it Hass to be all I had to have autism I wanna I wanna know what color like a ribbon from just say a ribbon itself what color ribbon stand for autism

[@jlzombiecat]

Visually it seems like you are tongue tied. The lingual frenulum under the tongue is too short so the tip of the tongue has decreased range of movement.

[@WoodshedTheory]

Interesting I had never considered this thanks for bringing it up

[@teeI0ck]

what's your twitter handle, honey?

[@WoodshedTheory]

I don't have a twitter. Not my speed.