Guest guest Posted January 8, 2002 Report Share Posted January 8, 2002 Hello - I am new to this list. I live in the Atlnata area and have 3 children. The youngest has just turned 3 in Nov. and is my child with many symptoms of apraxia and dysarthia. He started ST with the county program (Babies Can't Wait) at the age of 18 months and, of course, is done now since he is 3. He has also started OT and PT at Egleston Children's Hospital this last fall. The left side of his body is weaker than the right and his has overall hypotonia and also some hypertonia on one calf. He has had excellent health and there is nothing remarkable in his medical history other than an infection at birth which cleared rapidly with antibiotics. Basically, there is nothing on which we can " blame " this disorder. In fact, we do not even have a dx other than DD. The pediatrician has mentioned very mild CP, but hesitated to give it. We have not seen a neurologist yet, but I think we really need to now. Our new insurance company has just informed us that they would not cover any ST, OT or PT since it appears to be developmental in nature verus rehabilitative. The school system said his speech disorder was not significant enough to qualify for services. I do not agree with that and will request another eval or have them pay for an independent eval. Not only does he have final consonant deleltion, but his intelligibility also decreases greatly in connected speech. And he drools very much...not just significantly but profusely. He ruined my husbands cell phone last month and when he draws, his paper is all wet by the time he finishes. His fine motor skills are surprisingly close to age level, but his gross motor skills (late walker, has difficulty going up steps, jumping, falls often) are behind. Fortunately, I do not see much in the way of SI except that he does not seem to notice drooling and may be hyposensitive orally. He is so willing to participate in therapy and has gained so much from it. I cannot believe that beginning Jan 1, our child will no longer be receiving any therapy anywhere (other than what we do with him here at home). We certainly cannot afford to pay for private therapy ourselves but we do make over the amount to make us eligible for PeachCare for Kids. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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