Enhancing Communication: The Case for Teaching Public Speaking Skills to Autistic Individuals

• By: Nigora Raufova MS, CCC-SLP, TSSLD New Jersey Institute of Technology
• April 4th, 2025
• advocacy, communication, education, neurodiversity, public speaking, social skills, speech therapy, Spring 2025 Issue, workplace inclusion
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“My stomach feels kind of weird,” an autistic middle school student once said to me when I asked him how he was feeling before he went on stage to co-host a talent show with me. I told him that he was experiencing anxiety, and people describe this as having “butterflies in your stomach.” As...