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1st Day of 3rd Grade
ByLaura Smith August 13, 2018August 14, 2018

My dearest Ashlynn, Your courage amazes me daily. It inspires me and pushes me beyond any limit real or imagined. Today was your first day of 3rd grade. You have been waiting for this day since the last day of 2nd grade. Actually, quite possibly since the first day of 2nd grade when you told…

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The 6th apraxia awareness day brought smiles, tears, and a jaw dropping moment
ByLaura Smith May 14, 2018April 7, 2024

What I learned today was our kids with apraxia are going to be okay. Empowering them with knowledge and giving them a platform to educate and be their true authentic selves is going to be the winning formula. Beyond resolving or not resolving, having residual effects or not, empowering our kids with knowledge and then giving them the opportunity to educate is going to change the world. It really is, and I know our kids may struggle in school, but they are going to win in LIFE.

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Some kids are just smarter?
ByLaura Smith March 3, 2015December 9, 2015

“Well, my brothers have a little bit of a bigger brain, so they are a little bit smarter than me,” declared a second grade student I see who just happens to have apraxia. “I don’t believe they are smarter than you, or have a bigger brain than you,” I retorted. He was so sure though….

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Ashlynn summer speech therapy 3.9 years
ByLaura Smith July 1, 2014November 14, 2014

Ashlynn received two grants to help with her speech and occupational therapy over the summer! The United Health Care Foundation and the Lindsay Foundation made it possible! I am so grateful. Ashlynn will be back to getting intensive 1:1 speech and OT services. As far as speech goes, Ashlynn communicates her wants and needs….

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For once I went to school, and I heard only positives
ByLaura Smith May 28, 2014November 14, 2014

Let’s face it. Being a parent is rough. Whether you have a child with special needs or not, we all want for their happiness, that they will feel successful, that they will be confident, and that they will never hurt. Of course we know that without trials they cannot fully appreciate the successes, without sadness…

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Ashlynn Trick or Treat
ByLaura Smith November 5, 2013November 14, 2014

Ashlynn turned four this Halloween, and it brought another milestone: being able to say “trick or treat” and be understood! When she was two, she couldn’t even attempt to say it. At three, she could say “ee o ee” but then clammed up and wouldn’t say it on command. At four though, we had success!…

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