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.
Life would be so much less complicated if we lived on breaks. haha. Yes, that is my opener and I realize it’s not only a statement captain obvious would make, but it’s completely devoid of reality. Seriously though, breaks are awesome. Family comments how far Ashlynn has come. We are all stress free (well at least from school and work stress). We can spend time as a family doing things
Well, Ashlynn completed Kindergarten. It was pretty anti-climactic to be honest. For some reason, her school doesn’t believe in Kindergarten graduations. Okay, it’s not for “some reason,” it’s because the philosophy of the school is that graduations signify an end and Kindergarten is just a beginning. I get it…kind of. Actually no, I don’t get it at all. If that were the case, we wouldn’t celebrate any graduation because technically
Ever since I met Ronda Rousey May 29th, 2015 – the response I received from my post has been my most popular post ever by far! Since that time, I went on to read her book and became more inspired than I could have ever imagined. Though she didn’t mention her speech impediment was apraxia in her book, I still had her promise from that night, saying she would
Global Apraxia is a hell of a disorder. I’ve written before that though at times it has been a blessing, I don’t believe I will ever quite forgive it. Despite a child having the will, they have to work, and work, and work to find the way. Though they have things they want to say, they can’t always say it. Though they have things they want to do, they can’t