What defines a semiverbal person? I know it's a bit broad, but I'm specifically focusing on consistent behavior rather than losing speech when overstimulated. I experience a consistent difficulty speaking that manifests in a lot of different ways, but to keep it short I find it takes a lot of energy and focus to speak, and sometimes I'm completely unable to respond to things with anything other than single syllable words of acknowledgement to show I'm listening (yeah, huh, nice, etc.). Even when in settings where I have enough time to process (which does help significantly) I find myself pausing a lot, and though I probably sound coherent to others the words usually don't come out how I want them to and there are times when I have to keep correcting myself. Long story short: could I be semiverbal and why? I've had people tell me this sounds like being semiverbal, but I also want to know the details since there isn't much information that I can find.