Non-Speaker and Speller Links
Preamble
Who is a NonSpeaker?
A NonSpeaker is a person who cannot use speech in a reliable or fluent way and includes people with no speech, those with minimal speech, and those with unreliable speech.
Why not say “Non-Verbal”?*
See D.J. Savarese’s answer to the preference for “NonSpeaking” over “Non-Verbal” at this link: NonSpeaking ≠ NonVerbal
*Note: This is the language preference of the majority, but any individual should be respected for choosing to self-identify with whatever language they choose.
Social Media & Blogs
- Ido in Autismland (Ido Kedar)
- Uniquely Hari (Hari Srinivasan)
- Emma’s Hope Book (Emma Zurcher-Long)
- Rhema’s Hope (Rhema)
- Jordyn’s “Rocky” Journey (Jordyn Pallett)
- Tim Chan
- Dare to Listen (Graciela)
- Faith, Hope, and Love…With Autism (Philip Reyes)
- Not Too Trapped in My Head Anymore (Pablo Hernandez)
- Diego M. Peña
- Not Raingirl (Peri)
- Mitchell’s Life with Autism (Mitchell Robins)
- Typing 4 Change (Dillan Barmarche)
- LifeLine (Kaegan Smith)
- Josh and His Praying Heart on Autism (Josh Berkau)
- Inside the Autistic Mind (Ashish Jain)
- Sarah Stup, her autism, her writings (Sarah Stup)
- Utterly Mark (Mark Utter / Utter Communication Strategies)
- rpmwithcoco (Coco Aysseh)
- Niko Boskovic
- Unlocking My Potential (Ian Aronow)
- Hear Me Speak Without A Voice (Kaylie Clinton)
- Returning James (James Potthast)
- I am in my head (Ryan)
- Jacob’s Voice (Jacob Harbin)
- The Autistic Mind Finally Speaks (Gregory Tino)
- A Zaney Life (Jeni Canaday)
- Kit Autie
- This Is Me Noah (Noah Seback)
- Young Man Replete With Love (Wyatt)
- The Boy Who Learned to Speak Without a Voice (Brian)
- Musings of A Beginner’s Mind (Alex LePape)
- Rishi’s Totally Optimistic Journey!! (Rishi Jena & Sherrie Banerjee)
- Josh and His Praying Heart On Autism (Josh)
- Akha Khumalo: In My Own Words (Akha Khumalo)
- Ben B. – “My Own Words: Reflections of a Non-Speaking Autistic” (Ben B.)
- 1 Key 2 Change (Jackson)
- Ballastexistenz (Mel Baggs)
- As Small As A World And As Large As Alone
- The Truth About Autism (Imane Boukaila)
- Danny With Words (Danny Whitty)
- Anantha’s Musings (Anantha Krishnamurthy)
- Ashish Speaks (Ashish Jain)
- My Beautiful Autistic Mind (Julia Griffith)
- my silent voice/ my stil stem (Nicolaas Paulsen)
- Silent e (Austin McLendon)
- Fox Talks With Letters (Fox Bailey)
- Life With a Boy Named Brayden (Brayden Morrison)
- Forrest Sargent
- Sinking Into Popular Thoughts (Rohit)
- Opinions Learned from RPM and Autism (Ann)
- Cindi’s Blog (Cindi)
- Matteo’s Loving Blog
- Danson’s Discoveries (Danson Wambua)
- Roses are Red for Autism (Henry)
- My Blog on Autism (Huan Vuong)
- Jeremy’s Vision (Jeremy Sicile-Kira)
- Autism Astronaut (Sameer Dahar)
- Listen to the Mustn’ts (Charlie & Shel Silverstein)
- Joey Lowenstein’s Blog
- Harris Family Blogspot for Autism, RPM, and More!
- Returning James
- Hope, Expression, and Education for Individuals with Severe Disabilities (HEED)(Lenae Crandall)
- Different not less (Luke B.)
- Bella’s Walk
- Charles Blake
- Sophie’s World
- Grant Blasko
- Mitchell’s Life With Autism (Mitchell Robins)
- Trying To Open Hearts To Truth (Joshua)
- Autism Atmosphere (Owen)
- Sabrina Guerra, Nonspeaking Advocate for Change
YouTube Channels
Books/Film/Media
- Assimakopoulos, Lia: Life in Letters (book)
- Camacho, Alfonso Julián: Autistic & Awesome (book)
- Higashida, Naoki:
- Kedar, Ido:
- Mukhopadhyay, Tito Rajarshi:
- Tino, Gregory: The Autistic Mind Finally Speaks (book)
- Bonker, Elizabeth & Breen, Virginia: I Am in Here (book)
- Fleischmann, Arthur & Fleischmann, Carly: Carly’s Voice (book)
- Peña, Edlyn Vallejo:
- Savarese, Ralph James: See It Feelingly (book)
- Pena, Diego: Anatomy of Autism (book, compilation)
- Rentenbach, Barb & Prislovsky, Lois: I Might Be You (book)
- Milivojevich, Nicholas A.: Detective Nick And The Case Of The Missing Belly Buttons (book)
- Cujec, Carol: Real (book)
- Chan, Tim: Back From The Brink (book)
- Emma Zurcher-Long: Unspoken (film)
- David James (DJ) Savarese: Deej (film)
- Larry Bissonnette & Tracy Thresher: Wretches & Jabberers (film)
- Nina & Lisa Vallado: Sisterly (film)
- Whitty, Danny:
- Wambua, Danson Mandela & Burns, Michele Pierce: Danson: The Extraordinary Discovery of an Autistic Child’s Innermost Thoughts and Feelings (book)
- Musso, Matteo: Handbook of Us: Understanding and Accepting People with Autism (book)
- Winslet, Kate & Ericsdottir, Margret: The Golden Hat: Talking Back to Autism (book)
- Sequenzia, Amy & Grace, Elizabeth: Typed Words, Loud Voices (book)
- Reyes, Philip:
- Guerra, Sabrina: Truly Yours (book)
- Blackman, Lucy: Carrying Autism, Feeling Language (book)
