Nonspeakers do not need permission to communicate.
They need law to stop standing in their way.

Senator Fahy: Reverse the language.
Restore the bill.
Do the right thing

#CommunicationIsAHumanRight #DisabilityRights #Nonspeaking #AutismAdvocacy #PresumeCompetence #CommunicationRights #senatorfahy

White background with large text and logo on top that reads: Now on C4A Academy (logo) Orange banner with white text reads: 34 NEW LESSONS! Small black text reads: Thank you so much to Laura Masciarelli from Words At My Fingertips for these incredible lessons. Now available in English and Spanish! 8 background photos are arranged in a grid-like pattern, with blue buttons with white text. Buttons read: ENIGMA WIGWAM CURSE OF OAK ISLAND LITTLE BIGHORN BRUCE LEE DOGS PIRATE QUEEN PAINT

Ahora en C4A Academy. 34 Nuevas Lecciones. Much as gracias a Laura Masciarelli de Words At My Fingertips por donar estas Incredibles Lecciones. Ya disponsibles en Español y Inglés. Enigma, La Maldicion de la Isla Roble, Wigwam, Little Bighorn, Bruce Lee, Perros, Reina Pirata, Pintura, y mucho mas.

🎉 34 new C4A Academy Lessons in English and Spanish by Laura!

Browse new lessons here: https://communication4all.org/c4a-academy/lessons/

#nonspeaking #nonspeakingautism #autism #typetocommunicate #c4a

Elizabeth Bonker and Aiden Levy's headshots are on either side of "The Beatles Channel, only on SiriusXM" logos. Blue banner with white text reads "We Want To Tell You." A record is on the bottom with a letterboard and microphone. White text reads "A monthly show hosted by two Nonspeakers with Autism who love The Beatles! Using text-to-speech technology, they share their enthusiasm with their own unique voices, heard across the nation! Listen at https://sxm.app.link/WeWantToTellYou"

Catch "We Want to Tell You" on SiriusXM's The Beatles Channel on Wednesdays at 11am, Saturdays at 8am, and Sundays at 6pm (all times ET), or any time on the SiriusXM app (subscription required): https://sxm.app.link/WeWantToTellYou

#nonspeaking #autism #beatles #wewanttotellyou #siriusxm

This week, Elizabeth joined Autism Society of Florida Board members to testify for Senate Bill 1170 - Cameras in the Classroom to protect vulnerable children from abuse at school.

#camerasintheclassroom #nonspeaking #nonspeakingautism #autism #florida

Find Your Legislators - The Florida Senate

If you live in Florida, please contact your State Senator and ask them to support SB 1170!

Find your Senator here: https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/Find

#camerasintheclassroom #nonspeaking #nonspeakingautism #autism #florida

“Will my nonspeaking autistic child ever speak?” is a search-bar question. Under it sit two fears: fear for the child’s future, and fear of how family will interpret the child. Speech becomes proof of “good parenting.” The child becomes a performance.

#autism #nonspeaking

Made homemade chicken nuggets shaped like dinosaurs and my son said thank you mummy out loud for the first time in 6 months. I’m not crying you’re crying #NonSpeaking

Davis Neurodiversity Weekend: Autism | Davis UK & Ireland Two inspiring days exploring autism through the Davis lens — uncovering the unique ways autistic individuals experience, interpret, and connect with the world. Organised by Davis UK & Ireland in…

Register: buff.ly/FAfaPX8

#NonSpeaking #AutismParent #SpeechDelay

Designing a Slipper the Penguin communication board for when someone cannot speak with their mouth. 🐧🌈

#NonSpeaking #Autism #Autistic #Inclusive #AAC #Neurodivergent #SituationalMutism

I should have been treated with respect from the fucking beginning. I should have been supported from the beginning. I should have been encouraged from the beginning. But no. No, it was "situational mutism" it was "attention seeking". Fuck you. #apraxia #nonspeaking #semispeaking

We know that nonspeaking people have #MoretoSay. October is AAC Awareness Month, and AAC app maker @assistiveware.bsky.social is celebrating with a short AAC understanding video. Please watch, take to heart, and share.

youtu.be/jGpglhW7I54?... #AACawarenessMonth #nonspeaking #neurodiversity

It’s Not About You: Why Trust is the Foundation of Supporting Nonspeaking Student Communication Communication grows where trust runs deep—and trust deepens when students know their honesty will be met with listening, not defensiveness.

From @reacheveryvoice.bsky.social:

Why Trust is the Foundation of Supporting Nonspeaking Student Communication

shorturl.at/B6FvC

#OntEd #EduSky #autism #AAC #communication #NonSpeaking #PresumeCompetence

I dreamt last night that Little One started talking in full sentences.

Some days, waking up is harder than others.

#downsyndrome #autism #nonspeaking #nonverbal #parenting #aln #communcation #heartbreak

What People with Disabilities Wish Those Outside the Community Would Stop Saying “Stop saying I am amazing or inspiring when I do ordinary things.”

“I wish people would stop constantly #infantilizing adults with #disabilities, especially those who are #nonspeaking or minimally speaking.” —Elizabeth "Lizzy" Graham, 34.": buff.ly/VHkDlep

via @goodhousekeeping.bsky.social
#DisabledPeople #awareness

Café Roseraie ( cafe-roseraie )の【「無言者・話さない人です。」】という名のデザイン | オリジナルグッズ・アイテム通販 ∞ SUZURI（スズリ） Café Roseraie ( cafe-roseraie )がデザインした「「無言者・話さない人です。」」のアイテムが一覧で確認できる。

無言者になりたいって言ったので、グッズとしてデザインを作ってみました。

suzuri.jp/cafe-roserai...

#無言者 #緘黙 #発達障害 #聴覚過敏 #感覚過敏
#VoluntaryMute #NonSpeaking #Neurodivergent #CommunicationAccess
#RespectMutism #AccessibilityMatters #MutePride
#SilenceIsOkay #MutismIsNotWeak #MuteAndValid
#RespectTheQuiet #LetMeBeSilent #Mutism #ASD

into the wild...
(the forest is the safest place for a non-speaking autistic girl)

#nonspeaking #autist #thesafestplace #nature #forestwalk #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #forestphoto

A large display board with a black background and white and green text is on an ornate government building wall among many stained glass windows. Text on the board reads: RULES REPORT--SPECIAL ORDER ON THIRD READING RULES REPORT 191 A7363-C SANTABARBARA Ment. Hyg. L. - Relates to protecting the communication rights of individuals with disabilities Yeas 134 Nays 0 NV 0 Both sides list the last name and first initial of every NY State Assemblymember who voted Y (yes), which is all of them.

🎉 UPDATE: The #CommunicationBillOfRights unanimously passed the #NYStateAssembly! We will work to pass it in the Senate next year! ❤️‍🔥

Thank you Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara for sponsoring it! 📃

#nonspeaking #nonspeakingautism #disability #disabilityrights

After seeing many doctors about my speech, who you would think could easily diagnose me, they came up with nothing. One trip to my PCP and she tells me I have acquired apraxia.
Why did it take this long? It's been 7 months, apraxia is not a hard thing to diagnose. #nonspeaking #apraxia

it’s important for these things to be normalized & not only familar to #autistic children their families & other non speaking people ❤️❤️❤️ #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #autismawareness #autisticauthor
#autisticartist #nonspeaking

Jim LeBrecht in a dark blue Gucci suit with wide black satin lapels. A black and white floral silk shirt peeks out under the suit, and a dark blue handkerchief with red polka dots shows from the left suit pocket. He has dark gray curly hair, a salt and pepper mustache, and white beard and leans on his folded motor wheelchair.

Elizabeth Bonker with long brown hair in black graduation regalia and mortarboard decorated with colorful flowers. She stands at a podium and glances down. Text reads Be the Light: Elizabeth Bonker's Commencement Address, Rollins College.

Headshot of Nyle DiMarco with short, styled dark hair and dark facial hair with text that reads Being Deaf is part of what uniquely colors the small space of the world that I take up. It is the core of my identity, and I'm damn proud of it.

Today on the #Disability Daily Podcast we celebrate filmmaker with #CerebralPalsy Jim LeBrecht, #Deaf actor Nyle DiMarco & the anniversary of #NonSpeaking #autistic Elizabeth Bonker’s valedictorian speech.

Listen & read transcript

#CripCamp #DeafPresidentNow #accessibility #a11y #Oscars #EduSky

a woman says so it 's really interesting in front of a msnbc logo ALT: a woman says so it 's really interesting in front of a msnbc logo

Fascinating!
#autism
#nonspeaking
#NonSpeakingDoesNotEqualNonThinking
#profoundautism

On Devon Price - take their work with a large grain of salt Also request for Brooklyn connections, permissive parenting, personal troubadour, GPS tracker alt, maturity and growth, IEP meeting, eggs.

open.substack.com/pub/northsta...
My latest substack! No good pull quotes. Just a journey of understanding and unpacking my #ableism in community every day. #nonspeaking #disability

Dear parents of #Autistic #Nonspeaking
children:
Here is what your children *may* feel for up to a week after having eartube put in: major ear AND nasal congestion, mild vertigo, general disequilibrium. Minor pain.
I had one side done Friday. It's not sensory friendly. #Medsky

So I give him my phone and I play “Good Day Sunshine” to cheer him up. He flips through the playlist, finds “Ain’t no Sunshine when she’s gone” and scrolls down to the line “anytime she goes away” and plays it a few times so I really get it.

Spotify as communication #nonspeaking #autism #disability #aac from open.substack.com/pub/northsta...

Want to know a company that helped to #ChangeTheWorld?
#TheJoshieMan is bringing 100 iPads to Los Angeles to distribute them to #NonSpeaking #Autistic kids during #AutismEmpowerment month.
@VirginAtlantic didn’t just help but knocked it out the park!

bit.ly/talkerdonate

Can #ND truly be politically neutral? #TJM thought so when he met Kemi Badenoch, MP. The opportunity to educate the Leader of the Oppposition to the UK Government was too good a chance to miss! 💪 Certainly, she now has met a #NonSpeaking #Autistic person whom she won’t forget. gofund.me/46923774

Mute Survey 2025 PLEASE READ: The target demographic of this survey is those who are unable to express themselves using oral speech at all times OR a significant proportion of the time. This survey is NOT intended f...

Hello! I've been running a survey seeking answers from people who are #mute, #nonverbal, #nonspeaking, and so on. (including people with #selectivemutism #situationalmutism and other forms of partial mutism!)

forms.gle/oF3KCFrPWtoY...

More info in replies
#disability #disabilityawareness

I have just registered for this event that I know will be informative and impactful. @craeioe.bsky.social
#nonspeaking #SEND #autism #CRAElecture

Full episode: youtu.be/Fss-CRhE5Nc?...

#TelepathyTalk #PrivacyConcerns #MindReading #NonSpeaking #ASD #disability #StigmaAwareness #dehumanization

I am non verbal sign being held by a little girl outside selling Girl Scout cookies

Lynex is #nonspeaking but selling cookies!
Here is the link to Lynex's Digital Cookie Store:
digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/lynex5...