I have heard many times that Albert Einstein didn’t speak in his early years, so went to fact check it. Turns out it is not true, but I learned a fun fact that is hard to not share:
When he was two years old, his parents made him excited that he would get a little sister to play with. When she was born and he got to meet her, he was slightly confused and asked about the baby: “Where are its wheels?”
It’s always tragic to hear about a woman born without wheels :(
I don’t get it. Why did he think a baby would have wheels??
Apparently, when they said “to play with” he imagined some sort of of toy. :D
Temple grandin
I believe Oliver Sacks was non verbal as a child until 5 or 6 and hated music until his teens, where he took an interest in medicine and became a remarkable neuroscientist.
Helen Keller
That might be a hard list to create. While I understand the spirit of the message, I think it would be difficult to objectively define “non-verbal”, then create a list of people that meet that criteria since they would have to publicly self-disclosed. I imagine we would mostly see this with autistic people that are advocates for the autistic community.
Me. I talked using sing language in my early years.
When did you become verbal?
I don’t fully remember but around 4-6 years old.
That’s fantastic.
