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…
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…
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 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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