As most of you know, I’m SLPMommyofApraxia – referring to the fact that I’m an SLP and mom to a child with apraxia. I’m also a mom to a typical developing, smart, energetic, and curious 3 year old, little J. I have my own private blog for J, because somewhere along the way I decided I like to document my kids’ lives through my own written words. No one can tell
It goes without saying that all my babies are amazing and wonderful! It’s true. When I delivered my 3rd child, I didn’t know it at the time, but I had just given birth to a star! A shining STAR! I know, I know, every woman believes her child is a star! But the kind of star I am talking is pretty special. My son Mark was born with Childhood Apraxia of
Our story is much like many other families’ stories. A relatively quiet baby, the missing “mama” and “dada,” the doubt creeping in. For us, it was easy to know that something was off. Our little Emmett is the youngest of six. We knew how this all worked and something wasn’t working here. After five typical and healthy children, when Emmett was 18 months old we had our first experience of
When I first started in the field, I actually had not set out to be an SLP. It seems crazy to me now since I can’t imagine doing anything else, and it seems especially crazy since I not only think about speech everyday, but I think about apraxia even more. If I’m not thinking about apraxia or something apraxia related, it doesn’t last long. No, I was working at a
Why I Will Walk for Children with Apraxia of Speech on September 19th. by Linda Power Many kids get medals in school and on sports teams as recognition of their abilities relative to peers. More subtle, but no less deserving, are the achievements made by our children with special needs. Such is the case with our 3 year old son Ashton, who was diagnosed with severe apraxia of speech last
Little Jace is 2:11, the exact age my daughter was when I took her into Child Find. This is also the time I started blogging. I was talking with a client’s mom today, and he is the baby…the baby of like 6 or 7 kids (I tend to lose track), and she was saying every once in awhile they realize just how much they are missing out on. These include