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nonverbal
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The empathetic lead investigator on Milo’s case, Michael Peña’s Detective Alcaras, has a developmentally disabled, nonverbal 13-year-old son, Sam (Orlando Ivanovic), who would greatly benefit from attending a special-needs school his parents can’t afford.—
Judy Berman,
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6 Nov. 2025 -
In a post shared to Reddit, the woman writes that her son is two years old and nonverbal, with hair that typically goes past his shoulders.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Nonlinguistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonlinguistic. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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