It started with an intriguing title: Ronda Rousey: The World’s Most Dangerous Woman, and then a picture of a James Bond beauty type. … Now, I normally wouldn’t click on stuff like this, but today I had a day off, the kids weren’t fighting, and I thought, okay…sure. Let’s see. A beautiful James Bond girl is the most dangerous woman in the world? Sure. Let’s read about this. And then
I’m continuing on with Day 4 of giveaways leading up to Apraxia Awareness Day on May 14th! Today I am reviewing the book ANYTHING BUT SILENT by Kathy and Kate Hennessy. Kathy Hennessy is the mother to Kate who has pure CAS and another son Andy who has global apraxia and SPD. The book rotates chapters from Kathy’s point of view to Kate’s point of view. First of all, I
I’ve been down lately. Really, really down. It pretty much started at Ashlynn’s re-evaluation meeting and went downhill from there. For all the work she’s done, for how far she has come, for what she knows in the face of so many challenges, it was like a slap in the face. It’s really not anyone’s fault. It’s just the way it is. I’m dealing with mixed expressive/receptive language issues now.
My friend introduced me to an AWESOME website call “The Mighty.” During the month of March, they challenged readers to write an open letter to a disability that a loved one faces. I have no idea if I’ll get accepted, but hey, at least I have a blog. For as much writing I do about apraxia, it was definitely high time to talk to apraxia myself. Hello apraxia. Hello global
I went to my state’s annual school based symposium for SLP’s this weekend and one of the keynote speakers was Dr. Amy Meredith CCC-SLP. She is a professor at Washington State University and specializes in Childhood Apraxia of Speech with a focus on Early Literacy Skills. Of all the things she said, the one quote that really stood out to me was this: “Experience is the key architect of
Nature versus nurture. It’s a phrase that comes up in my profession, even if it’s unspoken. I’m in the business of child language development, and nothing raises more eyebrows about nurture than a child who can’t talk…. or who has poor vocabulary knowledge…… or is lacking in language skills. Oh it comes up in psychology too. We’ve all heard the stories of twins separated at birth and raised in different