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.
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.
Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover book companion
SLP Mommy of Apraxia/Dyspraxia/Dyslexia
Is it apraxia or a phonological disorder. Why is my kid not talking?
Ashlynn had oral surgery today to fix a ridiculously thick upper labial frenulum that was impacting her front teeth. I have anxiety. That’s no secret. I was pretty nervous. I had like every prayer warrior I could think of praying for her. It’s not that serious of a surgery in the grand scheme of things; but she was going to have to take a valium the night before, and then