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Discord is a freemium and proprietary chat room program available for web browsers, Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. Editors can chat by text like WP:IRC, but also by voice calls, unlike IRC. In 2016, an unofficial Wikimedia Discord server was founded. It is moderated by several trusted Wikimedians, and members should follow the ...
In human development, muteness or mutism [1] is defined as an absence of speech, with or without an ability to hear the speech of others. [2] Mutism is typically understood as a person's inability to speak, and commonly observed by their family members, caregivers, teachers, doctors or speech and language pathologists.
Although many autistic people are also selectively mute, they often display other behaviors—stimming, repetitive behaviors, social isolation even among family members (not always answering to name, for example)—that set them apart from a child with selective mutism alone. Some autistic people may be selectively mute due to anxiety in ...
In the 2000 novel Cut by Patricia McCormick, the main character, Callie, is an elective mute. In the 2001 novel Ice by V. C. Andrews, a teacher of the main character, Ice, is concerned that she is an elective mute. [5] In the 2006 novel Halo: Ghosts of Onyx by Eric Nylund, Lucy-B091 is mute after she is one of only two survivors from her unit ...
Mute or the Mute may also refer to: Arts and entertainment. Film and television. Mute, a short film by Melissa Joan Hart; Mute, a science- fiction thriller directed ...
Mute individuals. They lack the ability of articulate speech, a disorder known as muteness. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 ...
Emotional detachment, in this sense, is a decision to avoid engaging emotional connections, rather than an inability or difficulty in doing so, typically for personal, social, or other reasons. In this sense it can allow people to maintain boundaries, and avoid undesired impact by or upon others, related to emotional demands.
Game writer Marc Laidlaw, who worked on Half-Life and Portal (which also features a silent protagonist) with game developer Valve, stated that he did not recommend keeping protagonists silent due to the difficulties that arise during development, but noted that limiting oneself to a silent protagonist can lead to more creativity.