my 13 yr olds funny voice!

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hello, I rarely post but have been around forever....my son was orig dx pddnos

when he was barely two. His problem at that time was no speech, no pointing,

waving etc and he would " stim " , line things up etc. Then it was discovered he

also had apraxia. Not sure if he really just had apraxia or if he has both.

Right now, at 13, he appears more like aspergers. He has been attending reg

classroom for years now, and makes honor roll, test advanced on his MCAS in

math..hes sorta a math genius! never any learning disability, in fact he was

always ahead academically. he was always social too.....until recently. You

see, he has this high pitched, funny voice and he totally appears NT, but the

minute he talks, everyone looks! when he was younger, he could get away with

it, but now that hes older, its really affecting his self esteem. He no

longer joins our towns football or basketball teams, which he used to

love....and he never goes outside to play...he is becoming a hermit and actually

wants to be homeschooled for high school! He starting to go thru puberty and

keeps asking us if his voice is changing yet, lol! I dont think he ever got

satisfactory speech therapy to address the apraxia, since they really

considered him on the autism spectrum when he was younger. He has good

annuciation now and they dropped him from speech at school...said they couldnt

do anything for the quality of his voice. Any ideas or feedback for me?

thanks...rita