Communication, Regulation, and Trust: Supporting Non-speaking Autistic Individuals in Everyday Life

• By: Amy C. Laurent, PhD, OTR/L Jacquelyn H. Fede, PhD Autism Level UP!
• July 9th, 2026
• AAC support, apraxia, autism services, communication regulation, emotional regulation, neurodivergent trust, non-speaking autistic individuals, sensory processing, Summer 2026 Issue
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A Few Truths The world is often set up in ways that are highly unreliable and unpredictable for autistic people. This sets the stage for frequent dysregulation, disengagement, and disability, all of which can be even more extreme for non-speaking autistic individuals. The frequent bias towards...