Different topic....looking for simlarities

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I'd like to be able to speak with someone whose child is similar to

mine. My son has not been diagnosed with Apraxia although one of his

speech pathologists has suggested it as has his neurologist as well.

He started receiving speech therapy at 16 months and will be 3 next

month.

His receptive language skills are fine. His expressive language skills

depend on how you look at it. He has the vocabulary he should have,

the sentence structure....things like that are on target for

development. However, he can't speak those things. Neuro said it

seemed as if the signal gets blocked somewhere between his brain and

his mouth.

He spent the first 20 months of his life talking with his mouth

closed. It was A LOT of work to get him to open his mouth when

speaking. He speaks only a few words (maybe 20) clearly now. Yet he

" speaks " every word you can think of though not understood clearly.

I've read and been told such varying things about Apraxia. I am

currently waiting for an appointment to open for an evaluation for him

but have been unable to find a speech pathologists with experience in

this field close by. The one I'm waiting on an appt for is over 2

hours away.

We're also going for an augmentative technology evaluation next month

on the 23rd to see about getting him something to help that way. He is

learning sign language and picks it up quick.

Lately, he's started giving up or not trying to talk at all when he is

around someone other then me or his siblings or grandmother.

I look forward to hearing from you.