loss of speech

With the loss of speech came the ableist assumption that she was no longer able to communicate — a misconception she was bent on obliterating with a torrent of writing.

Many diseases can lead to the loss of speech including:

That meant first a shocking loss of speech.

That advice is followed by a warning — because parents don’t already have enough stress — that common reactions to this new knowledge “include temporary loss of speech and generalized distress.”

“People don’t understand how the loss of speech is so debilitating, not only for your family life and your friendships, but also in the way that you practice religion,” Ms. Shulman, 40, told me.