After a day of playing outside, it’s getting dark, and I listen to my son and his friend in the backseat of the car as we drive home. Both boys are recovering from childhood apraxia of speech. They are in the first grade and are busy strategizing about how they can best escape from …
Our family recently returned from a spring break vacation to the sunny, 75-degree coast of Florida. Jake is now seven years old and for the first time since he was born, we had a “normal” beach experience. I looked at my husband that first day, toes in the sand, reclined back in a beach chair …
by Jennifer Jackson Linck, Contributing Writer As our family wrapped up 2013 I was completely depleted and on the verge of depression. My 2-year-old son wasn’t talking and was showing signs of frustration and aggression. I was sleep deprived from his long recovery following a tonsillectomy. And I had a complete meltdown during his birthday party. Not my best mama …
by Lisa Geng, President of Cherab and Co-Author of “The Late Talker” book I wish I could even speak to you for just a minute to say “It’s going to be OK” and to give you a glimpse of the future for your child you are so worried about. Right now you are feeling overwhelmed as …
by Amber, Contributing Writer Last Thursday was Apraxia Awareness Day. It was awesome to see all of the support being shown for our children. My own children no longer have a diagnosis of apraxia, but my Facebook news feed still filled with pictures of family and friends wearing blue and white to continue to show …
Although none of us knew when our baby was born that one day he or she would have apraxia, we all had dreams of what their childhood would be like …hearing mama for the first time, having silly conversations, and singing the ABC song. We were set, ready to go to Italy. But instead we …
“I love you mama!” my son Jake shouted with a bright smile as our paths crossed in the hallway one morning a few days after Christmas. He was still in his pajamas, enjoying a laid back holiday schedule, and his blue-green eyes sparkled with pride. I stopped in my tracks, joy overflowing from my soul. …
There is a poem a friend gave me in my mid-twenties when I was going through a break-up. Some of you may have heard it before as I have seen it many times since then … Having a child with multiple food allergies, eczema, asthma, and apraxia has brought many changes to my life. A …
Kelly Dorfman presented one of my favorite all-time apraxia analogies in the book “What’s Eating Your Child?” She correlates that learning how to speak is a lot like learning a fancy dance routine. Some people are naturals … from day one, the moves come easy and they require minimal practice. But for others, the twists, …
The first time I read Kathy and Kate Hennessy’s Christmas story in their book Anything But Silent, I cried happy tears. And yesterday when re-read it, I cried again. And then when I told my husband this story, well you guessed it … those tears started flowing again. Because this story is that good. This …
Jake's Journey with Apraxia 