QuoteReplyTopic: Apraxia of Speech or Dyspraxia Posted: 09 October 2012 at 10:10pm
Hello,
I have a little girl who is 2.4 months old and is suspected to have Childhood Apraxia of Speech. It has in the past been lumped in with other disorders or called verbal dypraxia among other things! She is bright and bubbly, full of life and is fine physically but did not babble as an infant and is only just starting to say (and retain) a couple of words, but she mostly just says 'a da da da da da' for everything. Apraxia is a motor planning disorder so her mouth cant make the sounds even though she is wanting to talk. This disorder usually comes with other issues like sensory problems, dyslexia etc but sometime is just on it's own.
Is there any one else in Wellington (or NZ) that is dealing with this.??????
I'm not sure if this is any help but my younger brother (now 26) has a moderate case of verbal/developmental dyspraxia and I have a much milder case of it (to the point no one would know as an adult if I hadn't told them and I teach English as a second language). We grew up in Wellington and anything I remember is from the late 80's and 90's.
From what I remember I went to a normal school and then hadspeech therapy at Tirangi School (which had a speech unit attached) weekly until I was 8 or 9. My brother who is affected more went to Thorndon School which had a specialist speech unit attached (which was better than the one at Tirangi) and was mainstreamed in a class with other students his age. He did well at school and got school cert, university entrance and a degree. He has found a career that suits him. From memory he wasn't talking at 3 and started putting decent sentences together once he started school. Now it is fairly noticeable that he does have a speech issue but is able to express himself. We are both somewhat 'clumsy' and I have an occasional issue with sensory overload if I'm in a very noisy place - I haven't talked to him about it for ages so I don't know about him.
I've just had a quick google and it appears that the speech unit at Thorndon school closed in 1996 which is just after my brother when back to our local primary school
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