Today I am so excited to have Jordan LeVan with us to contribute and tell his story for my growing up with apraxia page! Jordan is a 22-year-old in college studying psychology. I’ve gotten to know him through the magic of social media, where he shares stories about his life and posts informational and inspiring messages about living with verbal Apraxia. You should check him out on Facebook, Instagram, and
Intro and background from Laura Baskall Smith, a Speech/language Pathologist specializing in Childhood Apraxia of Speech.
I thought about how swings go up and down and up and down and how Ashlynn smiles and giggles through it all. I thought about how swings are a lot like life in that way.
Day 21 of Apraxia Awareness Month is to discuss your biggest challenge. I read the various posts and related to all of them. ALL of them. Unfortunately when your daughter has a laundry list of disabilities with apraxia being just one of them, yes, I could relate to everything. “My son struggles with word finding.” Check “My son struggles with anxiety.” Check “My daughter struggles with attention.” Check “My child
e look at speech as so important, and it is, but you can live such a full life without being perfect at it. They are going to have talents and skills all their own that have nothing to do with how they talk, and chances are their speech being a little off won’t affect it at all. Support them, be there for them, and be ready to answer questions if they have them, but don’t make their entire life be Apraxia. You can find your voice without talking perfectly; talking is really the smallest part of it.
Parents wonder who diagnoses Childhood Apraxia of Speech