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The details won't be completely the same as your situation, but I just wanted to get your feedback.
I'm not sure if this caused by me having high-functioning Autism or not, but for many years, I often and inadvertently slur my speech, stumble over my words, or talk too fast when I'm around people. While this doesn't happen every time, it happens enough that I've been repeatedly asked to repeat myself. This is even more frequent when I get into screaming matches with my parents because of them being dysfunctional and not as intelligent as they should be. Another thing is I often know what I want to say, but somehow my brain doesn't properly process it into spoken words, and it sometimes gets frustrating when that happens. I did get speech therapy back in school, and it helped somewhat, especially when the speech pathologist had me reading out loud to help me overcome my speech problems. I should mention that I was never diagnosed with a speech disorder, but maybe I should get that checked out. Also, while I can be a shy and socially awkward at times (causing me to now regret some things I've done in the past), I do like talking to people and I've maintained some good friendships since high school.
Thankfully, every since last summer, I started getting into the habit of talking with a transatlantic accent in hopes of it helping me with this (and if anyone want to know where I'm from, I've lived in the south suburbs of Chicago my entire life). While it has clearly helped, and its easy to learn and pick up, its at times difficult to maintain because I've noticed I have to be calm and collected, and I have think very carefully before I say something, whenever I'm using it. Whenever I get angry, it becomes nonexistent. Be aware that if you have this problem as well, you can try doing that to see if it helps you, but what may work for me may not work for you. If people are taken aback by your voice sounding different, just explain the situation and they should understand (I've never had people criticizing me or giving me dirty looks whenever I use it).
Being that Autistic symptoms are diverse, I'm wondering if other people on the spectrum have this symptom as well
I'm not sure if this caused by me having high-functioning Autism or not, but for many years, I often and inadvertently slur my speech, stumble over my words, or talk too fast when I'm around people. While this doesn't happen every time, it happens enough that I've been repeatedly asked to repeat myself. This is even more frequent when I get into screaming matches with my parents because of them being dysfunctional and not as intelligent as they should be. Another thing is I often know what I want to say, but somehow my brain doesn't properly process it into spoken words, and it sometimes gets frustrating when that happens. I did get speech therapy back in school, and it helped somewhat, especially when the speech pathologist had me reading out loud to help me overcome my speech problems. I should mention that I was never diagnosed with a speech disorder, but maybe I should get that checked out. Also, while I can be a shy and socially awkward at times (causing me to now regret some things I've done in the past), I do like talking to people and I've maintained some good friendships since high school.
Thankfully, every since last summer, I started getting into the habit of talking with a transatlantic accent in hopes of it helping me with this (and if anyone want to know where I'm from, I've lived in the south suburbs of Chicago my entire life). While it has clearly helped, and its easy to learn and pick up, its at times difficult to maintain because I've noticed I have to be calm and collected, and I have think very carefully before I say something, whenever I'm using it. Whenever I get angry, it becomes nonexistent. Be aware that if you have this problem as well, you can try doing that to see if it helps you, but what may work for me may not work for you. If people are taken aback by your voice sounding different, just explain the situation and they should understand (I've never had people criticizing me or giving me dirty looks whenever I use it).
Being that Autistic symptoms are diverse, I'm wondering if other people on the spectrum have this symptom as well
