r/MadeMeSmile • u/bendubberley_ • 16d ago

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

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u/ForeskinAbsorbtion 16d ago

He just hops away. My heart!

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u/FrostedDonutHole 16d ago

It makes me think that he's been saying it to her in his head this whole time. Pretty amazing.

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u/lawl-butts 16d ago

I wonder if there's like a disconnect between discerning you're actually saying it out loud instead of thinking it in your head and "hearing" that voice.

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u/Fantastic_Top_2545 16d ago

There is.

Source: Experience.

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u/Maelstrom_Witch 16d ago

I have to ask my husband if I said something out loud or not. It’s like 50/50 and I never realized this was a “thing”

Am “lightly” diagnosed as neurodivergent. I keep learning things about my brain all the time.

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u/Fantastic_Top_2545 16d ago

I was thinking of how to reply, then I got distracted by fixing Star Wars lore, so I forgot the reply.

So have this instead: Did you know that Pandas eat for 14 hours a day?