“I first got a phone when I was eight years old. As you may imagine, my sixteen-year-old sister was so jealous. “Why does he get a phone, but I don’t? I’ve had to wait until I was sixteen!” She didn’t understand that my parents got me a phone as a ... Read the Post...
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Apraxia Makes Our Speech Not Always Accessible
Apraxia is classified as non-consistent speech errors. Essentially, the ability to say one word correctly, and the next day unable to say it at all. However, I’ve found nobody has talked about this and the difference between our verbal speech not ... Read the Post...
Apraxia is an Invisible Disability – Jordan’s Journals
Dear Journal, The other day I and my mom were sitting in a physician’s assistant office. Throughout the many questions the P.A. had about my Apraxia; my mom finally spoke up and said, “Jordan has an invisible disability. You look at him, and ... Read the Post...
My Experience with Reading, Writing, and Spelling
When I was a child growing up with Verbal Apraxia (CAS), I had a great amount of difficulty with reading, writing, and spelling. The reason for this is was because I couldn’t pronounce the words yet. If I was unable to pronounce the words, how was I ... Read the Post...