nonspeaking
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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I also learned that a primarily nonspeaking session can still be effective.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024
For example, if a study’s sample includes autistic people who are nonspeaking, have intellectual disability, and require supported living, just say that.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 6, 2023
Poetry: Read this piece by Adam Wolfond, a nonspeaking autistic artist.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2023
Julie Mishkin had planned for the worst in taking her 13-year-old son Jack, who has autism and is nonspeaking, to see a show at the Kennedy Center in Washington.
From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2022
Ayala stuck with it and nabbed a small, nonspeaking role in the season’s final marquee production: a new staging of the 1997 play “An American Daughter.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2021
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