I’ve agreed with Joanna Bendel, an apraxia of speech advocate based in US, to work on raising awareness of speech apraxia/developmental verbal dyspraxia via social media. This is the first of a series of posts. In particular, in the UK there is less awareness about this particular speech disorder and I’ve found that not many…
Originally posted on The CFY Diaries:
Apraxia Apraxia of speech (AOS) refers to a neurogenic speech disorder that is caused by central nervous system (CNS) damage. AOS is associated with impairment to motor planning and/or programming. Although there is no weakness of paralysis of the muscles, the CNS damage makes it difficult to program…
We all know and understand that it is important to talk to children since this is the first way they acquire language. However, with new research we are truly now understanding just how important it really is. A study in MIT gathered 36 children between the ages of 4-6 years old for two days and…
In the UK this is known as Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia. Dr Edythe Strand is the Emeritus Professor and Consultant in the division of Speech Pathology, the Department of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic. In this video she provides detailed information for parents on Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). My US-based speech and language therapy programme focuses on developing…
Joanna Bendel has worked with people around the world to produce a video for Apraxia Awareness Day; ‘Lets Paint the World Blue!’ to raise awareness and share the stories of people living with apraxia; one in ten people are living with this speech disorder. Here’s the link, please watch it. As you can see, apraxia…
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