One struggle in school has always been being unable to ask for help when I needed it. I remember one specific moment though where I tried to ask for help. A few years ago in college I tried to speak with my teacher about an assignment that I wasn’t exactly understanding. I had spoken a […]
In this blog post I will be sharing about my journey with Selective Mutism in the school environment. My childhood years in school were quite hard due to Selective Mutism. I would say that I enjoyed some of the learning in school, but because of the anxiety it was often hard to enjoy the full […]
Selective Mutism affects so much more than just speech. The mutism is often what people notice most about the disorder, or only pay attention to. The term Selective Mutism can make it seem like it only affects speech. That is where this misconception usually comes from. Many individuals with Selective Mutism have other struggles and […]
When I was around the age of 8, my parents found out that I had Selective Mutism. Selective mutism is a severe anxiety disorder in which a person is unable to speak in certain social situations. These can be with classmates in school, or maybe to relatives which they do not see very often. Selective […]
Aymie was the sweetest little girl. She had so much to share, like all the time. There were times when I had to turn off my ears to get time to think my own thoughts. She even chose to sit in the kitchen and talk to the mum when the children were over at the […]
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