Apraxia - Help I don't know what is going on with my son.

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How do you know if a child has apraxia? My 3 year old is non verbal

except for bye bye, go, and eye. These are the only words that other

people can understand. He can say all the letter sounds, but cannot

say the letters themselves. He will try to say anything that I tell

him to, but it is very hard to understand. On command he can say mama,

and dada. Often times his " words " come out as the 1st or last

consonant sound. For example dog is " ga " Boat, Bridge, Barn, are

all " ba " Puzzle is " pu " Up is " pu " clock is " kah " Drink is " Kah uh "

Open is " deh duh " Boo is " bah " , but Boo Boo is " boo " Moo is " mah " Cow

is " cah " Money is " mah mah " , Hi is " ha " etc. You get the idea. We

have been through 3 speech therapist with no luck. No one seems

willing or able to make a diagnosis. He is in ABA therapy for autism

and it is very language based. Language and immitation are his main

issues. He is very social. He makes more progress there and with

BabyBumble Bee than with the speech therapist. His receptive is about

equal with his expressive. I am about to go crazy not knowing if he

will ever talk, or if I am even doing the right thing.