"I guess speech isn't always necessary, but it sure comes in handy."
Personally, I find that I can perceive something without being able to articulate it, but that it becomes much more concrete when I am finally able to put it into words. I have struggled for years to adequately describe Ben's deficiencies (especially when I was still trying to obtain a diagnosis), but there are no words for many of them, and I have to settle for using preexisting descriptions (he's stubborn, he's compulsive, he's distracted...) which don't really hit the mark. Have you even noticed the resolution which comes to a patient when finally given a diagnosis, even if the cause of the condition is unknown, and the cure unknown? Putting a name to something has a magic all its own, and I think is the basis for much of our magic mythology.
