Yes, you read the title correct. I just called apraxia a blessing. It took me a long time to get to this point. I certainly didn’t feel it was a blessing here 2.5 years, or here, New worries, or here IEP on the other side of the table, or here Background and suspicions. I remember shouting “I HATE APRAXIA” “APRAXIA SUCKS!!” everytime I watched my daughter struggle. Slowly but surely though,
Most people might take for granted their name. You have a name, you’ve always had a name, and basically that’s that. Kids with Apraxia have a name too, and they know it just like you. There is, however, one difference. Many can’t say their name at first. Can you imagine? How many times are little children asked their name? It’s basically the first question strangers ask them right up there
I read your stories daily. I feel your struggles, I rejoice in your triumphs, and I nod my head in understanding. You are my fellow bloggers. I read your blogs like I’m checking the morning paper. I read your tears and your smiles about your struggle with apraxia, and I share them with you about mine with my daughter’s. We read these stories as separate entities. We close the blog
This was one of the first speech apps for apraxia that I bought. It was enticing because it was a good price and the description looked much like a digital version of the Word FLIPS book I was using in therapy. It starts with a screen that allows you to pick a CV consonant/vowel group, seen below. For the purposes of this review, I chose the top group BPM. You
Ashlynn is 4.5 years old. Though as a baby she never really had a problem latching or drinking out of a bottle, she eventually showed signs very early of oral apraxia. I remember looking at some teething biscuits and the box saying it was for 9 months and older and thinking, “are they for real??” She’ll choke on that!!”I remember my sister-in-law talking about babysitting my niece when she was
“Touching helps us build relationships with one another.”This is a simple but profound quote from an article I read on the power of touch: Importance through touch. It went on to say that babies first communicate through touch and crying, and that their needs are met mainly through touch. It got me thinking. Since Ashlynn took longer to talk, she could only continue to communicate with us through touch and