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Will you push me, Mama?
ByLaura Smith June 9, 2019June 9, 2019

I thought about how swings go up and down and up and down and how Ashlynn smiles and giggles through it all. I thought about how swings are a lot like life in that way.

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The exploding genetic findings in Childhood Apraxia of Speech
ByLaura Smith January 15, 2019January 15, 2019

he authors conclude that in cases of confirmed CAS (with the confirmed word being important since there is quite a bit of misdiagnosis) a referral to genetics should be considered since increasing evidence is showing the at CAS is a genetic disorder.

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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:

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