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.
Life is full of ups and downs, wins and losses. There will be amazing times, not so amazing times, and some terrible times. Every human experiences this because it is the definition of what it is to live. During those down times in life, whatever they may be; the one thing worse than the situation is believing you’re alone in your situation. Humans are social beings. The most important things we
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
Seven years ago I was reeling from my daughter’s new diagnosis of Childhood Apraxia of Speech. I was a member of the Apraxia Kids facebook group online one day in 2013 and a movement had taken place. This was going to the be the first year an Apraxia Awareness Day was officially recognized on May 14th! This day is also in the same month as the American Speech Language Hearing