#ListenToNonspeakers

1. The #HatOfTheDay is a very versatile one, more than just a beanie like I'm wearing here. The t-shirt is from the Zekwande Foundation, founded by nonspeaking autistic advocate Zekwande Mathenjwa. It was sold at the #ListenToNonspeakers pop-up market in Muizenberg last Saturday. #C
   

2. Redefining communication as a nonspeaking autistic advocate: Jordyn Zimmerman

   “There’s always a lot of discomfort when people who cannot rely on speech are in the room, but people are starting to recognize that we are needed, especially when we are directly or inadvertently being discussed. While we are not afraid to bring ourselves to spaces that we don’t

3. There's a nonspeaking revolution brewing in South Africa

   “In this country, our nonspeakers are segregated, dismissed, judged by their outsides and invalidated by ableist 'professionals' and 'authorities'... This is a human rights crisis on a level equal to that of apartheid... Take your directives from nonspeakers and be prepared to re

4. Talking using a workaround

   Tyler Fihe is an autistic man who cannot speak in the conventional sense, but he can communicate by reading what he has typed, although struggling with intonation. I've seen Hari Srinivasan and Danny Whitty use the same approach at times. #ListenToNonspeakers In this video, Tyler