The lighter side of apraxia

June 14, 2009

Hello, my name is Lysa. My daughter Anya, now 8, has apraxia, diagnosed when she

was 3. She's been through therapy for 5+ years and speaks with about 80%

intelligebility now. Mostly I lurk, reading and being grateful we live in a time

with all this medical help for our lovely children. We had a couple of funny

incidents related to her apraxia I thouht I would pass on.

Two weeks ago, Anya reported that her class mate accused her of saying " sh*t "

instead of " shut " ... because welll, let's face it, she still has trouble with

her short vowel sounds. The teacher of course understood the problem and

assured Anya's classmase that she did say " shut " .

Second, my 18 month old just learned the word fork, but he leaves out the 'r',

saying " fok " . Anya saids, " He says that really well. It sounds just like fork. "

Of course it sounds perfect to Anya, since she leaves out the 'r' too.

Maybe these are " you had to be there " kind of things, but I laughed good and

hard at them. I'm glad we're at a point in our apraxia experience where we can

laugh at these little things. It took a long time and many tears to get here,

but I wouldn't trade the things I've learned about myself, my daughter or IEPs

for anything. Best wishes to all of you on your apraxia journey.

Lysa

" What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. " Ralph Waldo

Emerson

" A mother who radiates self-love and acceptance actually vaccinates her daughter

against low self-esteem.' " Naomi Wolf

Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:32:47 +0000

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Late talker/speech delay vs. apraxia? Learn about children's

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