I am wondering if any other moms or dads are dealing with apraxia as well as asd? We are two years into our journey and ods apraxia has a profound effect on his communication or lack thereof...any stories or experiences are appreciated! Ods has intent to communicate which is what keeps me hopeful he will speak one day. This past summer he finally was consistently saying ma to get my attention...a milestone for both of us!

Our 10-year-old daughter is blind (no light perception) since a few months of age. She is exceptionally bright-- honor roll student, gifted program, etc., and musically gifted to what might be suggested is nearly savant level with talents that were discovered by accident at age three.

With that said, she has social concerns. Sometimes unpredictable explosive reactions to things. Sound sensitivity. She will focus on things to the extreme-- some item she wants can be all she wants to talk about… read more

Apraxia of speech
Childhood apraxia of speech

Can anyone who's chils has this condition please give some info on how your child was diagnosed, our son is mouthing his way aroynd the sing songs yet nothing comes out at this time. He is extremely vocal with stimms.

I believe he struggles to get the words out and it looks like the message from brain to mouth is getting lost...Ive read about CAS childhood apraxia of speech and just wonder is it easily identified or diagnosed?

Thank you.

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Desperate for answers to help my son with his verabalzation. I have really been depressed by this everyday.

My previously nonverbal daughter started becoming more verbal in oct of last year. Since then her words have come a long way but are still difficult to understand at times. Like for example, she say "doh" instead of "no" or "chiss" for "chips", and "nana" for "banana." I am wondering if that's a normal thing (if there is a normal) when their language is emerging and just needs more use and fine tuning, or if it could be more. Like Apraxia? Can Apraxia be present in conjunction with ASD?

My son spontaneously produces the words "go, wow, and uh oh" on a sometimes it's "uh oo" instead or "ga" for go. He has tried to say other words but usually leaves off the first letter, says the vowel sound wrong, or its unintelligible to anyone but me. I know that he's trying to say the words because he does it with the sign language. For water he says "gwagwa" :D so cute but still nobody can understand that but me when/if he decides to use it purposefully.

What's even worse than that is that… read more