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Apraxia as a symptom to a bigger picture
ByLaura Smith June 16, 2018February 17, 2020

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.

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Report cards are bittersweet with special needs
ByLaura Smith May 25, 2018June 4, 2018

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.

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Diagnosis, Disability, and Finding your Tribe
ByLaura Smith May 22, 2018May 22, 2018

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.

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