IF YOU DON'T DARE TO SPEAK - OUR LANGUAGE
illustration about selective mutism
For some people, usually children, speaking is far from effortless. They have the ability and understanding of language, but they do not speak. Not even when it is expected of them.
These children usually do talk to their parents or siblings, but not to people outside the family. So not at school or on the playground, and sometimes not with their grandparents either.
article by Jorien Marcus
