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The IEP meeting I wanted to attend.
ByLaura Smith February 3, 2020March 8, 2020

I never knew before I had a child with an IEP (individualized education plan), how awful these meetings can be for parents.

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Did I cause her apraxia?
ByLaura Smith January 13, 2019January 13, 2019

It was there, I would finally know why Ashlynn had apraxia, dyspraxia, hyptonia, ADHD, dysarthria, SPD, CP, and learning disabilities. The answer was housed in a small set of letter and number combinations called:

BCL11A

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A language disorder and my snub to the 30 million word gap
ByLaura Smith October 26, 2018October 28, 2018

Enough with the 30 million word gap. It doesn’t mean crap when your kid has an actual language disorder.

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