Re:Is Apraxia growing, or am I just becoming more aware?

[Guest guest]

Oh it is growing rapidly just like Autism, Diabetes, Cancer and all that is due

to the increased vaccine schedule, mercury amalgams, pesticides, irrational use

of antibiotics, genetically modified foods, water and air pollution, Teflon

ware, microwaves, cell phones...oh and lack of proper healthy diets that we all

have!!!

 

" Technology " is biting us in the butt!!!

Love, Gabby. :0)

http://stemcellforautism.blogspot.com/

 

" I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely neurotypical. Even God had

some Autistic moments, which is why the planets all spin. " ~ Jerry Newport

 

 

[Guest guest]

My now 5 1/2 yo son was diagnosed at 2 1/2 with Apraxia and

Dysarthria and Hypotonia (low tone) in his tongue (and arms and legs).

This year he has mastered the " K " , " G " , " Y " sounds!! We are working

on the " F " and " S " sounds now. He can move his tongue from side to

side! You can now see the muscles in his tongue whereas before it

was like it was always at rest and floppy.

When my son was 2 1/2 all he could say was " mama " , " dada " , " nana " and

after 6 mos of ST he could say " No " . It seems like he's learning

sounds faster the older he gets.

I don't know about school but we're homeschoolers and my youngest can

read! He learned the same way his siblings did. We simply read a

lot in my family. (I've never done phonics or any other teach your

child to read type stuff. My children have learned to read on their

own from 4-6 1/2 years old.)

Daily speech therapy is essential imo. We can only go to private

speech therapy twice a week for an hour each time (crummy HMO).

Every day I work with my son on speech therapy. His siblings do

too! (They can understand him sometimes when I cannot.)

Best wishes! It's a long road ahead of you but you can make it!

Sincerely,

Debra, homeschooling mom of 4 ages 12, 10, 9, and 5 1/2

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> My 2 1/2 yr old son was just diagnosed with severe apraxia. I don't

much at all about it. How does the future look for these guys??????

His speech therapist tells me that he will have speech in elementary

school but that's all I know. How will school be? Will he talk by

then? How will these guys do in careers? Will they be severely

limited? I am working iwth him several times a day with listening

therapy, brushing, 1:1  direct sound therapy from him twice a day,

using a sensory diet, and reading dr. seuss books to him.. He is very

social but isn't talking. Any input is great!!!!

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