Re: Drooling::

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Wow then you got to meet the amazing Kanter. It's in the

archives when she died of cancer (a few years later) and it was beyond

sad. Tanner was born in June 1996 and first diagnosed with apraxia around 3

years later. He didn't go to the Summit Speech

School until after 1999. I wish however that Tanner did go to SSS

sooner!!! That would be so cool if you did meet him then! Tanner

was once in a catalog for hearing impaired products as they came to

the school to take photos of the students -all the cuties!

I always joked that I wish SSS went up to high school as it was such

an amazing state of the art school. Actually going back to

she is the one that always told me that it doesn't matter who the mom

or dad is -could be any type of professional medical or government (or a top

researcher pediatrician like ) -but when it's their own child

they all need support and comfort just like any other mom or dad.

I always recommend neuroMD exams to help secure services too since

they can confirm or deny the soft signs many of our children also

have with the apraxia -low tone, sensory issues. In addition to

speech therapy it's also good to seek out occupational therapy. Now

that you have a little one with apraxia you'll also very soon know

why it's best to just call it apraxia and not childhood apraxia of

speech. Back when Tanner was in SSS I too wouldn't have thought

anything of using that name -but they grow up faster than we know and

if anything like my son Tanner -by the time he was 9 he no longer

wanted to be called a kid or a boy but a " young man " !

It may be hard to diagnose apraxia so young -but if the soft signs

are there so many neuroMDs now diagnose " suspected apraxia " and

appropriate therapy for apraxia/ProEFA is recommended. If oral apraxia is

present that can be diagnosed as early as 18 months I've heard...and

quite honestly as it's so obvious some are comfortable diagnosing

that even earlier.

But not for nothing -a diagnose of " severe motor disorder " may as

well have been a diagnosis of apraxia as that's what it is! )

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