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7:21pm September 1, 2014
Anonymous asked: I was wondering if anyone knows if it's possible to be nonverbal only some of the time? Most of the time, when I'm under a lot of stress, I can't remember how to do talking, and I don't know if that's possible or if I'm just weird or broken

autisticandpoor:

Definitely! A lot of autistics are semi-nonverbal. I don’t really talk very much in general but if im really stressed out or overstimulated I go completely nonverbal. You arent thenonlynone and you are definitely not broken friend

It’s not just possible, it’s normal.  It’s very rare for autistic people to be verbal 100% of the time.  It does happen, but even 95% of the time is far more common than 100%.  Most people are in the 5-95% range, not either totally nonverbal or totally verbal.  And people can change over the course of a day, or a lifetime, too.