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Photo: Danielle
Fifteen-year-old Danielle from Caerphilly with her mother, Christine. A year ago Danielle was still answering questions with a whiteboard but she can now open her mouth and speak.
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Photo: Red
In Northamptonshire, most people, including her grandfather, have never heard eight-year-old Red talk. Instead she communicates using a whiteboard, markers and a cloth.
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Photo: Megan
The only place where 10-year-old Megan talks freely is at home; at school she never utters a word. Her teacher Mr Lockerby fears that she is virtually invisible in class and it's affecting her education.
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Being Mum
This programme was part of Being Mum, a short season of documentaries which explored some of the extreme and occasionally controversial challenges facing parents today.
Find out what was shown during the Being Mum season -
BBC Headroom
Watch speech therapist Maggie Johnson discuss the phobia behind selective mutism and download the parental advice factsheet on the BBC Headroom site.
BBC Headroom: Being Mum Season: My Child Won't Speak
Credits
- Director
- Barnaby Peel
- Executive Producer
- Nick O'Dwyer



