Status Updates From The Autistic Subject: On th...

....surely one should listen to what they say—
on the threshold of language.

"As the name indicates, autistics hear themselves. They hear lots of things. Normally this even leads to hallucination, and hallucinations have always a more or less vocal character. Not all autistics hear voices, but they articulate lots of things … That you have trouble hearing, grasping the point of what they say, doesn’t prevent these people from being rather verbose. (pp. 19–20)"
-Lacan (1989)