{"id":969,"date":"2023-03-21T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.togethertrust.org.uk\/inscape-house-school\/2025\/10\/16\/often-it-feels-really-frustrating-because-i-want-to-speak-verbally-but-i-physically-cant-inscape-house-students-interviewed-on-bbc-radio-manchester"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:22:43","slug":"often-it-feels-really-frustrating-because-i-want-to-speak-verbally-but-i-physically-cant-inscape-house-students-interviewed-on-bbc-radio-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.togethertrust.org.uk\/inscape-house-school\/news\/often-it-feels-really-frustrating-because-i-want-to-speak-verbally-but-i-physically-cant-inscape-house-students-interviewed-on-bbc-radio-manchester","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOften it feels really frustrating because I want to speak verbally, but I physically can\u2019t\u201d \u2013 Inscape House students interviewed on BBC Radio Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Students from Inscape House were featured on BBC Radio Manchester after recording a segment on selective mutism for Chris Packham\u2019s Inside Our Autistic Minds<\/a> on BBC Two.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The series follows Chris Packham as he meets other autistic people from across the UK and helps them create short films to reveal to their family and friends what\u2019s really going on inside their minds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist and neurodiversity consultant Nick Ransom<\/a> spoke with three Inscape House students – Ellis, Ebony, and Saffron \u2013 who shared their experiences of selective mutism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is selective mutism?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Selective mutism is a complex anxiety disorder where a child can speak in certain settings \u2013 such as at home \u2013 but can\u2019t in others, such as in public or at school. Students may need to use alternative forms of communication like writing on whiteboards or pictural communication to communicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt can make school really difficult,\u201d Ebony explains. \u201cAsking to use the toilet, working with people, eating in front of people, asking for help, and even being looked at because you think everyone\u2019s looking at you and going to make you talk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOften it feels really frustrating because I want to speak verbally, but I physically can\u2019t,\u201d adds Saffron. “And it is a physical feeling – like my throat’s being squeezed and I can’t get the words out.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selective mutism is a rare and often misunderstood condition. Hear more from Ellis, Ebony, and Saffron in the full radio segment below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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