Re: How to decide if my son has Apraxia

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[ ] How to decide if my son has Apraxia

My son is 29 months and he is diagnosed Autistic. He is non verbal. He

does say some words when he wants to only. But they are nit that clear.

He can chew all kinds of food. But he does keeps food in his mouth and

milk also in his mouth. I am not sure if son has apraxia.

How to get him diagnosed. I live in Atlanta, GA. Any suggestions whom

should I approach.

Thanks for your time.

MS

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Wish I could help more but am pretty new here myself. Did you read

The Late Talker book? If not I can recommend that. This group is

very helpful but for me can be overwhelming. My son also stuffs his

mouth and I'm afraid he's going to choke. I've never noticed it

with drinks, just food.

(overwhelming in a good way)

Kate

>

> My son is 29 months and he is diagnosed Autistic. He is non

verbal. He

> does say some words when he wants to only. But they are nit that

clear.

> He can chew all kinds of food. But he does keeps food in his mouth

and

> milk also in his mouth. I am not sure if son has apraxia.

>

> How to get him diagnosed. I live in Atlanta, GA. Any suggestions

whom

> should I approach.

>

> Thanks for your time.

>

> MS

>

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YESSSSS!!!! I've noticed this big time with Asa lately! I can't recall

which foods he does this with, but most definitely YES-- I've noticed that he

does this with different textured foods. About two weeks ago it was more of a

problem because he all but choked several times because he was stuffing so

much in at one time!

becky

In a message dated 4/2/2008 11:55:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

bigcheech91@... writes:

Have you noticed a different level of " stuffing " based on the type of

food? My son eats most foods fine, but if you give him something

hard like nuts, he stuffs his mouth until he can't chew. Then he

cries because he can't chew. My solution so far is to just not give

him the problem foods, but obviously you can't do that if all food is

a problem.

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Have you noticed a different level of " stuffing " based on the type of

food? My son eats most foods fine, but if you give him something

hard like nuts, he stuffs his mouth until he can't chew. Then he

cries because he can't chew. My solution so far is to just not give

him the problem foods, but obviously you can't do that if all food is

a problem.

in NJ

> >

> > My son is 29 months and he is diagnosed Autistic. He is non

> verbal. He

> > does say some words when he wants to only. But they are nit that

> clear.

> > He can chew all kinds of food. But he does keeps food in his mouth

> and

> > milk also in his mouth. I am not sure if son has apraxia.

> >

> > How to get him diagnosed. I live in Atlanta, GA. Any suggestions

> whom

> > should I approach.

> >

> > Thanks for your time.

> >

> > MS

> >

>

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A speech language pathologist can diagnose apraxia. BTW... and

someone here may correct me on this, but I believe that if you son

does use words sometimes... even if they are not clear... he is

verbal... it's just that his expressive language is low. He may need

help with articulation.

I would recommend that you look around for an SLP who incorporates

ABA into his/her speech therapy techniques. I know of at least one of

those in our area (Northern Virginia) and she is supposed to be a

miracle worker. If you can't find one on your own, contact your local

or state autism society... they should have a list of speech

therapist who specifically work with autistic children. The autistic

society may also have recommendations on how you can finance it (if

your insurance doesn't cover it). You know your son can speak, but he

needs assistance speaking more.

> >

> > My son is 29 months and he is diagnosed Autistic. He is non

> verbal. He

> > does say some words when he wants to only. But they are nit that

> clear.

> > He can chew all kinds of food. But he does keeps food in his mouth

> and

> > milk also in his mouth. I am not sure if son has apraxia.

> >

> > How to get him diagnosed. I live in Atlanta, GA. Any suggestions

> whom

> > should I approach.

> >

> > Thanks for your time.

> >

> > MS

> >

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