No L's or N's

I planned on finishing this simulation several times, but each time I went to fulfill it, I would have a super impatient waitress or a guy speaking his second language in English. So, I finally got enough courage to do this.

If I was this nervous to speak without using L's or N's over the course of 15-30 minutes, how do people feel that constantly have a speech impairment. It was hard to think of words without these letters and it was often the case that the person I was asking questions to would just supply me with another word when I didn't speak as quickly as most people do. I found this frustrating because I wanted to say things independently of others and don't like being spoken for.

Because I live in a society that is GO GO GO all of the time, it is hard for people to stop and think for a minute about what other people are going through. This simulation gave me a glimpse into what it feels like to want to say things but to simply not have the words to do it.

Nobody was unkind to me while I struggled to find the right words to say, but it was a disservice to me that they found all of the words I needed and left me just smiling and trying to move onto my next thought.

This particular disorder, speech sound disorder, can be classified into two types: articulation and phonological processes. They can be caused by brain injury, stroke, dementia, or neurological difficulties. Before speaking for someone else, I want to consider what might be going on for them cognitively and give them the opportunity to speak for themselves.