Autistic non-verbal boy speaks directly to his mother for the first time.

[u/bendubberley_]

[u/mistiry]

My daughter was nonverbal until she was 4. She would occasionally make sounds similar to words. One day I was home from work on lunch break, I worked 5 minutes away and would come home for lunch to save money.

I was leaving to head back to work, kissed my wife and then my daughter who was sitting in a high chair also having lunch. I told her "bye, I love you!".

She replied with a crystal clear perfect "I love you" back.

The reaction from my wife and I was similar to this mom. Hearing her speak at all, let alone telling me she loves me, is one of my strongest memories now. I remember it often and this video brought back all the emotions.

[u/Lunarath → u/[deleted]]

I wasn't non verbal, but I was (am) autistic with severe speech impediments growing up like slurring words and a wild stutter. It wasn't until around 4th grade, so about 9-10 years old I was able to properly speak full sentences. Shortly after that it just went away by itself.

I can still have a slight stutter in very high stress and adrenaline inducing situations, but other than that nobody would be able to tell I ever had problems speaking as a child. My parents couldn't afford speech therapy so I never got any professional help for it. I just kinda outgrew it somehow.

[u/simmaculate → u/Lunarath]

Thanks for sharing, love stuff like this