Around 25 to 30 percent of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are minimally verbal or do not speak at all. But does this mean they are not communicating? Meghan O’Neill, MD, Neurodevelopmental Disability Physician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, explained "When a person with autism is nonspeaking, they do not communicate using spoken language, including vocalizations or sounds which have symbolic meaning. This does not mean that the individu