The problem is SLP’s and parents are so focused on the speech and not looking at the big picture in early development. There is this thinking that if we could just overcome the apraxia, everything will be OK.
This after I explained dyspraxia and her difficulties with balance and coordination and my concerns for her safety and ability to follow directions if bumped out of the raft.
Yeah so that report card. It kinda makes me sick. I have to work up to reading it and it usually takes a couple of weeks.
However, we have our people now. We have our tribe. We have others who understand. They understand that sometimes you are in such a state of deep grief you can do nothing else but cry and cannot face the world that day.
Dyspraxia, jumping, jumping jacks
I am so excited to have probably my favorite person I know on social media I know with us today. His name is Mikey and he is admin to the page Mikey’s Wish – Verbal Dyspraxia Awareness. Mikey’s famous tagline is that himself and others with verbal dyspraxia/apraxia are “too cool to follow the neurotypical rule.” Mikey thank you so much for being here! For my readers who don’t know,