MinnPost

In her new book, ‘The Rock in My Throat,’ Kao Kalia Yang shares her struggle with selective mutism

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I Barely Spoke for the First 13 Years of My Life — Here's How I Became 'The Girl Who Doesn't Talk' (Exclusive)

After struggling with selective mutism throughout her childhood, Erin Silvia shares how she overcame the anxiety disorder ...
Houston Chronicle

Experts, families search for ways to draw children out of selective mutism

Noah has selective mutism, a childhood anxiety disorder characterized by the inability to speak in social settings. So most days while he is at preschool, his mother, Julie Nicodemus, is in an empty ...
Psychology Today

Silent and Overlooked: Children With Selective Mutism

Selective mutism affects roughly 1 in 140 children, although this is believed to be an underestimate. The disorder interferes with the child’s ability to develop age-appropriate social relationships, ...
The Conversation

What is selective mutism? And is it a lifelong condition?

Gino Hipolito receives funding from the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship (NIHR302167). Gino also works for St George's University Hospitals ...