I have spotlighted Joanna Bendel in a previous blog. She is an awareness-raising campaigner and I have followed her YouTube blog for years. She works hard to change public attitude, in America, towards apraxia of speech. She is succeeding. I know her through involvement in a group called Young Adults with Dyspraxia/Apraxia (YADA). This was…
My aim of this blog is to raise awareness of this speech disorder. Tomorrow it’s Apraxia Awareness Day in USA (14/05/20); we don’t appear to be raising awareness of this speech disorder in the UK. I will be posting more blogs to raise awareness over the next few days as May is Apraxia Awareness month.…
Lee Ridley is a true ambassador of speech disorders who has broken down significant barriers in acceptance of disability and those with communication differences. He is an English stand-up comedian; disabled since early life, and unable to speak. He is the first stand-up comedian in Britain to use a communication aid in his routines, performing…
In this blog I want to spotlight Joanna Bendel, who is working hard to change public attitude, in America, towards apraxia of speech. She is succeeding. I know Joanna Bendel through involvement in a group called Young Adults with Dyspraxia/Apraxia (YADA). This was set up by The Cherub Foundation in America. YADA is a closed…
In my blog introduction, I explain that I have Global Dyspraxia that impacts on my whole body, the most obvious when you meet me is its impact on my speech. This led to me being wrongly diagnosed at an early age. That was a ‘fun’ experience as I understood everything but couldn’t shout at them…
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