Apraxia Monday: Whew–it’s wearing me out!
By Leslie Lindsay It’s been a long time coming. This apraxia thing is wearing me out. Here’s the deal: when my daughter wasn’t talking like every other Carson, Chloe, and Caden I was beside myself. When I was told by the first SLP who saw her that she had “a delay,” I was scratching my head…well of course, she does, but what do we do about it? When I was told by the second SLP that she had childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), I wanted to know what the heck is that?! And then I wanted a book about apraxia–a real book that I could hold in my hands and reference when I felt like I needed it. I didn’t want to sift through everything on the Internet (now isn’t that ironic?!) And now that my daughter has come a long way from when she was first diagnosed, I am still eating, thinking, and breathing apraxia. I get emails about it, I send emails about it, I get connected to others all around the globe …
Leslie A. Lindsay| Writer & Creative 