I’m an almost 30 year old autistic man (who can speak) from Ireland and I can confirm this guy speaks for all of us. We all want to be accepted and treated with kindness. 🙌💙

Giving a voice to the nonverbal Is a statement of under-standing and inclusion. Well done.

Thankyou BBC for publishing this film. I'm ever grateful you did. Thank you Murray, and continue to do great work

my cousin has Autism. hope everyone is kind to him. thanks to BBC for posting this vid 😢🖤

So nice to meet you Murray. Keep talking, the world is listening to you and needs to learn more of what you have to express. Thanks for sharing your heart!💞

this speaks volumes, well done Murray and well done to the BBC for shining light on this

I'm so moved by Murray's story❤ That he now has a voice is life changing for him. Murray, I truly wish the absolute best life has to offer. You are a inspiration 😊

If he can read all the positive comments here, he'll be very happy I reckon.

Just love the film, murray and BBC for this project. Making a better world of empathic understanding. ❤

It is clear that Murray has a rich sensibility and expressiveness. I hope that more people will see this film. (I used a translator.)

I worked at Misericordia as a habilitation aid in Chicago which changed my life. I believe every American should have the opportunity to work with these abled communities to further their humanity. It's not easy but what we accomplished together made a world of difference in our lives. Currently we have autistic computer programmers, engineers, data analysis, accountants, bakers, chefs and so much more that its hard to list them all. All we neurotypicals need to do is to learn and adapt to our community so that the perceived weakest link becomes our strongest unbreakable link.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 it’s a pleasure to meet you.! 😊 thanks for sharing.. i thought that was absolutely sensational and throughly enjoyed watching and learning. all the very best to you from the southern hemisphere.. 😃 ✌🏻🌏🇦🇺🤘🏻

Thanks for bringing awareness to those of us who haven't taken the time to understand autism. Much respect to you all.🥰

I have selective mutism, which only crops up in moments of exhaustion or severe stress. That's why I carry a notepad and pen. In my half a century (or at least since smartphones existed) it never occurred to me to use "text to speak". D'oh! 🙄

🤗That is so beautiful, please continue to express yourself in whatever way makes you feel happy and joyful. So glad you found your voice and are sharing it with us. 🌟🧡🌎🧡

Wow...this made me speechless in awe. Wow,such an amazing production. I teach my preschoolers to be kind every day. This week, I will show them this video. It will be so interesting to listen to their thoughts❤

This whole documentary with Chris Packham was so good, and really helped my 9yo autistic son who'd recently been diagnosed.

Incredibly beautiful and helpful. Thanks and well done Murray! 🤘🥳👏

Thank you for this BBC so much misinformation and not enough awareness. And thank you Murray your messages are so important for the world. Bless you ❤

This was so beautiful, I cried. What a amazing thing he has done that will help so many understand those with autism. Everyone deserves to be understood and heard. God bless this man and all those with autism. 💗You are loved. You mean so much to the world, and the world is a better place because you are in it.💗

Thank you BBC! I am on the spectrum and just seeing that a large media organization publishes things like this not only makes me quite happy and feel supportive, but gives me a lot of hope for the future.

So beautiful, dear Murray, what you are teaching us. Thx.❤

From the headline I expected the usual trash social commentary, but the film is actually about the condition. I retract my eye-rolling 😆 If you're interested in this, "Born on a Blue Day" is a great book by an autistic author about his life

Murray never stop sharing the knowledge! Even when people do not understand and you have to kneel to someone's "head" ❤ Keep up the good job. That is why You're born ❤🤟🏻🤘🏻

I was a case manager for an adult man who had lived with his Mother alone for 50 years. After she died I became part of his daily support team. He was verbal but didn't say much, typically 1 or 2 words in response to questions. But I discovered when asked in writing, he would write extensive answers! People had assumed he was lost in his world but really he could write entire conversations from weeks before! I always told him he was smarter than all of us, because despite everything he learned how to adapt to our world and still was himself!

Wonderful documentary!!!!

This was awesome! Great job!!!

Thank you BBC. This one makes me rethink of my life. Thank you thank you. I am still living in the small world..😊

Thank you Murray for sharing and thank you BBC for giving him a voice. It was beautiful ❤

Great video Murray you are a creative legend

*OH MY GOD THIS WAS WONDERFUL* this is why the BBC needs to exist...!

You are wonderful boy !!❤

This is truly wonderful ❤

Yes, yes, yes.

Magnificent. I hear you.

I have adhd so much to say but it comes out as verbal diarrhea and nobody's interest!!! Lol

Beautiful 🥰🙏🏼🤍

Well done BBC. Thanks.

The title of the video reminds me of "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"

I'm so pleased to have experienced this! Murray, thank you for sharing!

Thank you, Murray. Some of my best friends are autistic and I like them because they are honest and authentic. We like you just the way you are.

Was this part of a documentary? If so what is it called. I'd like to watch it

That’s great knowing he has a voice to express himself now.

I see you ❤

This is so awesome!! We need more media about autistic people that is created BY autistic people!!! I love this

I'm autistic. I developed speech at 3, which isn't that late for an autistic person, but I still experience verbal shutdowns every now and then. It's called selective mutism. I don't like the word selective though because it implies it's a choice. I can't control verbal shutdowns. I can force myself to speak during a verbal shutdown, but it takes an insane amount of mental energy, causes me distress, and makes the verbal shutdown last longer. Fully non-verbal people basically have a verbal shutdown their entire lives, so they never have the chance to even learn how to physically speak in the first place. I don't know first-hand how it feels to be non-verbal for my entire life, but I do know first-hand how it feels to be non-verbal for a few hours, and it's really annoying not being able to talk when I have something to say, especially when it stops me from communicating my needs to other people when I need to. I really feel sorry for people who never speak. It must be so difficult to live like that. More people should learn sign language. It would make the world a more accessible place. I'm going to try and learn it. Imagine a world where everyone who can see and has enough mobility for it is fluent in sign language. It'd be so much more accessible for deaf and non-verbal/selectively mute people.

I can learn a lot from him. I'm 42 who's still learning English. He can't say anything, but he hears it out and spells it out. I speak English a little, but I can't hear it out. I can't catch it. I'm not a good listening and writing English. Things are worse than him. So I'm beginning to think an almost monolingual speaker like ME is an autism man. So I'll practice English with his typing and subtitles.

Total sense. Nice one.

RARE W BBC

Totally understand 😢❤

❤Asante sana ❤

Prayers for all parents with autistic children 🙏 My daughter is 4, autistic and still not speaking .. all we pray for is to have a connection with our daughter through words and self expression . But maybe I have to prepare myself for the day that will never come

My son and my daughter are non-speaking autists. Both of them! That’s why this video is so valuable for me.

I'm writing this as a person with Asperger Syndrome without IQ-impairment, with diabetes type 1 for 21 years which I still take several inj. for daily, with severe social anxiety issues, and events and things I've done in social settings that traumatized me (like for example I tried to dance at my brother's wedding alone in front of everyone by picking the song and going at it, and I did dance, but my mind was in such a state of chaos from the anxiety that I ended up picking the wrong song so it wasn't a song for performing pops & locks, but instead a song of the metal genre, and then my brother who was outside went storming back in and was really upset). I've also got chronic reflux syndrome which I take prescribed meds for every day ever since I was a teen, digestive problems (my stomach has always been really slow ever since I was a baby), and I've recently been diagnosed with epilepsy because I hadn't checked my bloodsugar in 18 years and then it turned out I get unprovoked seizures. I've had seizures in all kinds of settings. I've been resuscitated several times from cardiac arrest. I grew up with alcoholic parents. I sort of dropped out already in middle school, and still managed to complete the test requirements to finish elementary school (years 1-9). I'm severely lactose intolerant. I'm allergic to fur. I'm allergic to grass and birch tree pollen, and my sinuses are sensitive to cold as well as dry air, so I've got problems with that all year round. I'm living alone, with weekly check-ins from my sister. I've got sick pension, which is really low in the country where I grew up and still live in. And this video is too limited. Great for him as a person, but it's being applied too broadly. It's called spectrum for a reason, and people's image of autistic people is way too stereotypical on average. There are so many differences between all autistic people, just like there are so many differences between people all over the world. People with autism are individuals, all with their own personalities. As for people with autism, check out s-cide rates and compare it to the normal populace wherever you live. Also check out people with both autism and medical diagnoses. It's like that for a reason, and videos like this is just another story depicting survivorship bias.

I get the feeling that this people would be brutally creative at music, specially electronic, perhaps, siting in front of a computer and a synthesiser. It would be great to see music produced by non-verbal musicians.

Wonderful job, Murray -- thank you! BBC what can we do to ensure that all nonverbal people have an opportunity to access/purchase these typing/talking devices? So many assumptions are made about the intelligence of nonverbal folks and it's horrifying to imagine how many are denied this opportunity to finally have a voice!

Wow, really powerful stuff. Warm regards, from Canada

What a beautiful human

AMAZING! Thank you!

Murray is handsome and an inspirational young man! His beard suits him 😊. My cousin is autistic and non verbal, he has a lovely and warm soul... Yes, they see the world differently and interact in a unique way, that's comfortable for them. It is our duty to learn and understand their view. Frustration leads to anger, so let them take their time. They may have no (restricted verbal) voice, yet their perspective, displays intelligence and wisdom. Murray, my cousin and all autistic (non verbal) individuals around the world: stay safe and keep on sharing your stories and wisdom. We are here together, to help one another. 👍🏼 Mr Safology

I’m also Autistic so I’m not alone

I understand you clearly 💕

"And no resident will say: “I am sick.” (Isaiah 33:24)

I'm a atypical dad !!

Well this is awesome

Nobody listens to each other,your not the only one no one hears.

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This Video is Brilliant, Amazing and Wonderful. Love is an Energy! .

Hello Murray, we can hear you!

"At that time the eyes of the blind will be opened, And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. At that time the lame will leap like the deer, And the tongue of the speechless will shout for joy. For waters will burst forth in the wilderness, And streams in the desert plain." (Isaiah 35:5,6)

That was brilliant.

Where can can i find the music that was being played in the background in the beginning of this video please?

You say what you wish

Goes without saying, sometimes you get more out of listening than speaking.

I wonder, can non-verbal people use sign language? Would it benefit them?

Where you circumcised?

...you do have a voice now and we can hear you now

He's not necessarily the problem. The people in his environment are the problem. I have met autistic persons in my life whom completely lock down when certain persons show up. He's forced to be around people around he doesn't want to be around.

Cool ❤❤❤❤

God bless!❤

If I couldn't speak, I would bloody top myself. It's not a superpower. It's a curse.

தம்பி உணவு வைக்கும் போது தண்ணீரும் சேர்த்து வைங்க பசிக்கு உணவு அளித்ததற்கு நன்றி வாழ்த்துக்கள்❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ erode jayanthii gunasekaran

Neurodiversity/Autism: Autism is a sensory condition. Those within the spectrum are affected by ambient stimuli: taste, touch, smell, etc. The greater their sensitivities to the aforementioned stimuli; leads to proportionally amplified physical/emotional responsiveness. the Alchemist - Ø1

It’s abit unfortunate the majority Off the planet is run in an ableist setting for mostly neurotypical persons who have a false value or premise of others usually deemed lesser. and completely forget that some if not most of the major discovery’s and inventions and stepping stones in human history in fields like science and tech that neurotypical people use everyday to work and function were created by neurodiverse people.

Get a Trumpet or a Drum kit.

We like to help kids like this but.... Yea we would rather spend our money on wars. Thanks for playin though.

I have great hearing, but I don't care

So much of this is so insincere. Facilitated communication is disgusting, harmful, fake. Mummy needs to stop holding Murray's arm when he is "typing". Where was the bit where we saw Murray reading a book? We didn't. Mummy reads the book to him. And mummy has no idea to what extent he understands. So much harm. I feel so very sorry for Murray, but not because he a non speaking autistic person like me.

I could not care less !

I wonder what dreams he does have then.

Would love a mute friend.

he can grow way more of a beard than I can

Ok. Now let’s see the bbc ask their insurers to address some of the ableism issues (stigma), holding great minds like these back, is addressed?

Big Problems of Little People 😢 Good for them God is watching all

Omg bro shaaaaaaaaaave

Looks like a Moe Lester

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Murray needs to become familiar with the rock opera Tommy and he will start singing soon.

😢 i like my own comment 😢

you've got the same voice as the rest of us chum