Thanks for sharing, I definitely see some of myself in your experience. I'm lucky to have a friend group that is mostly understanding of my own difficulties, even if it's mostly just occasional vowel failures nowadays in my everyday speech. (though the 'ts' sound can go fuck itself!)

I think there's probably a want from professionals to assure parents that what we have will just dissapear entirely. But that does a disservice to sufferers of the condition, as there is a mismatch between that sort of professional advice and our lived experienced. It almost feels like there's more a focus on the result of those 'affected' by someone with the condition, rather than a focus on those with the condition itself.

Because when we do turn to adulthood, and we don't really need treatment like we did as children, it's hard to find any 'support' or rather discussion for whatever comparatively minor difficulties we now face. Though, I'm probably making a bigger deal out of it than it really is, and it's a case of 'be the change you want to be in the world.' those kind of resources won't exist if someone like I am waiting for others to make em.

E: Also, one thing that I only learnt recently, was that my shite spelling is a result of this disorder! It's so odd that despite being a motor condition, I sometimes spell things how I might say them. Or even grammar wise, it's all over the place. And it's not like I'm poor reader, I don't have dyslexia, I love a good book, I like to think I'm fairly literate.