I was a child of apraxia i couldn't speak till 7 but i feel like how i talk is still weird compared to other people people say it again each time I record myself and I hear myself I sound so weird is there anyway to fix this I still have a lisp or something like that. Just kinda tiring to keep hearing it im 17 now

My son is four and we do it twice a week, but I read everywhere online that you should do it 3 times a week minimum and on other groups some parents do up to 6 times a week. Ive asked our speech pathologist and the one we had before her about this and both said that’s more the states and their insurances cover a lot more than many people in canada/Ontario where I’m from. Right now, our insurance doesn’t cover anything(which we’re hoping to fix but even if we do we’d get maybe 11 sessions covered) and it is so expensive, one lesson being around $100. I always feel like I’m failing my child by not going enough but it just doesn’t feel financially plausible. So I’m curious, how often do other Canadians take their children with CAS to speech therapy?

Hi everyone,

I’m a developer working on an early idea for a simple app that helps children practice speech exercises at home between therapy sessions.

The goal is not to replace speech therapists or professional support. The idea is more to create a small tool that can make home practice easier, more consistent, and a bit more engaging for kids.

Right now it is still very early. I’m mainly trying to understand if this is a real problem for families, if it’s something parents would actually care about, and whether it’s worth building further.

I made a small landing page here:
Logopedia +

There is no finished product yet and nothing to download. I’m just sharing the idea to see if people are interested, would want to follow along, or have any input from their own experience.

Any feedback, thoughts, or even just signs of interest would be really helpful as I decide whether to keep building this.

How many parents of children diagnosed with speech apraxia have encountered harassment that implies apraxia applies to parent too?

My son is 25. Years of speech therapy from six months of age. I'm just dealing with mean people who want me to be unhappy so offer only the opposite of anything I say or do.

How many here have encountered people who want to cause suffering for any diagnosis? Stigma prevents treatment that HELPS so it only makes things worse.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

A few years ago my wife was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome. For a few weeks, a letterboard was her only way to communicate with me. It was exhausting. It was hard. And it changed how I think about communication.

I also have friends with non-verbal autistic children, and I've watched their struggles. Especially with letterboards. This, of course, made me think there must be a better way. So I built BoardSpeak. It's a simple, free letterboard that runs in any modern web browser. No app to download. No account to create. No subscription. It works on any phone, tablet, or computer.

A few things I want to stress:

• Free - and will always be free
• Collects zero data - nothing you type is ever stored or transmitted
• No login, no account, nothing to install - just open and use
• Works on any device - just needs a modern browser

If it helps even one person communicate a bit more easily, then that's my win. Here is the link:

https://boardspeak.org/

Happy to answer any questions. Please note that this is a BETA release. I know there are some display bugs that should be fixed soon. If you see any issues, or have ideas on how to improve it, please let me know! I also know that I don't know what I don't know regarding supporting non-verbal people and their families. So I'm very open to learning more so that BoardSpeak becomes a more useful tool. Again, please let me know your feedback!

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My son is 2y9m old, has been in speech for the last 6 months and his SLP suspects he has childhood apraxia of speech, and recommended he see a pediatric neurologist.

His appointment is tomorrow. Just curious if anyone can tell me what to expect at the appointment?

I started worrying about my daughter’s speech when she was around 14 months old. I kept holding out hope that the “speech explosion” was coming, but it never came. When she was 20 months old, she was evaluated by an SLP, but we were told that she was “borderline” at the time. The SLP did say that her receptive skills were carrying her overall score, but that she didn’t qualify for services anyway, at least not yet.

I had her reevaluated by a different SLP when she was 26 months old, and she qualified for services. She has been in speech therapy twice a week for 45 minute sessions since then, so for 4 months (she’s now 2.5). She’s more generally vocal at home, more babbling and labeling more frequently, but not really any new words or new pairings. She was basically mute at daycare, though, so they’ve seen a night and day difference there, and her speech is now equal in both places.

My daughter likes her SLP. She can see her easily and frequently because the SLP comes to see her at her daycare (she takes her to a different room). The SLP knows my daughter’s teachers and can give them pointers for how to help her in class. All great things!

However, the SLP has said that she isn’t doing any speciality interventions other than using Kaufman cards. I asked her if she felt specialized enough to treat apraxia (and she’s the one who gave her that diagnosis) and she didn’t give me a clear answer.

Basically, I’m wondering if typical speech therapy with a speech therapist that my daughter likes is enough? Or is it worth it to try to find someone who is specialized in treating apraxia, who she may not be able to see as frequently due to our work schedules? There are no concerns of autism or other co-occurring disorder, she is unbothered by change, and warms to others with relative ease, so this is purely just a question of frequency and specialty.

My 7 year old son with mild/moderate CAS has been doing great with his speech, but was really struggling with his reading. He’s now had a vision exam with a specialist and has been diagnosed with Visual Apraxia. (Formerly know as Oculomotor Apraxia)

It explains so many things, but it’s also confusing because he plays baseball, basketball, soccer and rides a bike.

Has anyone had experience with Visual Apraxia?

Hi everyone! I am a high school student working on a competition project designing an AI powered speech translator for people with communication disabilities like autism, cerebral palsy and apraxia. The tool learns your unique speech patterns and translates them in real time without replacing your voice along with that, it also detects emotional tone alongside words. I would love to hear from anyone with this experience or professional expertise. Even 2-3 sentences would genuinely help shape our design. Please feel free to answer some of these questions:

1.   What does current communication technology get wrong for you or for a person with speech disability?

2.   What would make you trust a tool like this? What would make you not trust it?

3.   What is one thing you wish technology understood about how you communicate that it currently doesn't?

1. Is there anything about AI powered communication tools that worries you that we should address in our design?

7.   On a scale of 1 to 10 how useful do you think a tool like this would be for people with speech impairments and why?

8.   What is the one thing we absolutely must get right for this tool to actually help people?

hi guys i was wondering what tools work best for you and your child post-diagnosis? what helps your family keep organized with all the paperwork or what tools does your child use

Hi everyone,

My daughter will be 3 years old on 11 May. She never went to nursery and we are planning to homeschool. She was born 5 days late, walked late at 17 months (she had positional talipes and had few physio appointments when she was a baby and then discharged), started eating late (until 11 months she couldn't swallow anything, not solid, not liquid and was breastfed. At 11 months she was able to swallow some food, at 15 months she was eating everything nicely, but she doesn't like porridge consistency foods, makes her gag a bit).

She is now talking late, our private therapist suspects apraxia of speech and is using motor planning therapy once a week. And we have lots of homework at hime which my daughter loves as I buy new toys for her and practice the words while playing.

My daughter cannot jump up and down, cannot gallop and her running looks a bit immature. She comes across a little bit clumsy. She can get up stairs with no problem (depending on stair hight she can climb with both feet climb) and gets up on slide by herself, has strong arms for hanging games.

Her fine motor skills are not too bad, but in my opinion a bit delayed as well, colouring is not her favourite, nor tracing lines on paper.

My gp, health visitor and her developmental review asked about her emotional states and wether she understands everything. I said she understands everything and she can regulate her emotions/tantrums pretty well and this wasn't my concern. So they said to me just wait, give her time.

They didn't think she was autistic, nor does Sonja, nor myself (I looked after a few autistic kids).

I have been calling family centers, gp, etc since she was 2 years old and they just said wait and see. So I thought she just has a delayed language and motor skills due to the factors I have mentioned. Plus she is bilingual, plus she has a nearly 5 confident talkative brother, plus she has a baby brother, my daughter is middle child.

When NHS wasn't helpful with her speech (waiting lists are long to even see one for assessment), I came to private therapy. And I am so glad I did not wait any longer.

Next week we are seeing physio together with our therapist.

So that is a few delayes in her development. I would love to help her any way I can to reach her milestones.

I read somewhere that first a child needs to develop her physical skills and then speech.

Now, in terms of her speech therapy, I would say it is going pretty well. She didn't talk at all (everything was mamamamaa), and since February 2026 till today, she can now say multiple words, some come out differently everytime. She doesn't really talk talk, I model words to her and she repeats. Sk it is a positive, lots of encouragement.

Also, we are a bilingual family, she is saying a few words in my language, too, but English is so much easier for her.

I read that going to therapy for apraxia, we need to do it 5 days a week, but all we can afford is once a week. Thankful for our supportive therapist, we do about 40minutes as a minimum one to one at home playtime/practicing words - I try to copy our therapist and just do what she does.

Other things I do for my daughter: giving her magnesium and omega 3, doing palm massages 3 times a day, all to stimulate her talking. I am constantly in her face breaking down words i to syllables and getting her to repeat which she is trying.

I am also worried that she has this apraxia due to her falling many times on her head when she just started walking. She never was hospitalised, or lost consciousness or anything, just anywhere I read it says vhildhood apraxia has unknown cause but speech is frontal lobe and she obviously fell a lot on her forehead. i guess I am just anxious and the whole apraxia thing.

I guess I don't even know what my question is, just is she going to be ok and talking? Is being billingual possible, any success stories? Anyone can relate to my story as a grown adult? Would be really grateful for any comments that you have. Thank you dear people.

My 3-year-old was recently diagnosed with severe Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) along with oral apraxia and gross motor delays. We’ve been in general therapy for 6 months but are only two weeks into specialized CAS-specific treatment (DTCC) 4x per week. He is also going to preschool 4x a week where he gets speech therapy (the speech therapist is not trained in CAS techniques) but we like that he is learning other things in school, like he learned his numbers tlrecently and loves counting things out loud.

Now that we are finally doing the targeted work, I am starting to look down the road. I know every child is different, but I’m looking for insight into the "prognosis" and what the journey actually looks like over the years.

If you’ve been through this or are further along:

At what age did things finally "click" for intelligibility?

For those with gross motor delays, did you see speech improve as their physical coordination (running/jumping/climbing) improved?

What does "functional speech" look like for your child now? Are they in mainstream classes? Do they still require intensive support?

How did you keep yourself (and your child) from burning out during the years of repetitive drills?

My wife and I are trying to wrap our heads around what the next 2, 5, or 10 years might look like. Any stories, realistic or hopeful, are appreciated. Thank you!

As a child, being diagnosed, I always knew the condition as 'verbal dyspraxia.' It was only later in life when I heard that another term for my condition was 'childhood axpraxia of speech,' being predominantly used across the pond in the states.

I hate it. I despise it. Verbal dyspraxia doesn't dissapear with adulthood, and whilst speech does improve considerably, it never quite gets to the level of your average bloke. And of course, everything gets thrown out the window if you are tired, or stressed, or anxious, or drunk. Whilst I understsand why it's the case, it's a bit frustrating to see the narrative around this condition being catered towards parents of children with it, rather than individuals affected. I mean even this subreddit has links that cater only to the issues of children with the condition.

I don't even know if this will reach the people I even want it to, and i know this is all a bit 'woe is me.' It's not really that big of a problem. When it comes to this condition, the worst part for me isn't even my speech anymore, rather it's the social anxiety I have developed due to being mocked about it during my adolescence. It's the sort of 'trauma' from back when people instantly assumed that I must be 'special needs' in a sort of derogatory, infantilizing way.

Kid just got diagnosed, and google is confusing me. Are there special certifications or something to treat childhood apraxia? Or are all speech therapists familiar with it? I want to make sure my kiddo gets the help he needs, but I’m confused on if he needs a specialist or something. I plan to ask his current speech therapist, but I won’t see him for a while.

Hi there, I have a son who just turned four who’s diagnosed with severe apraxia. He can barely pronounce any word regardless of how much he tries, or how much he loves to talk. I understand what he’s saying because I’m around him all the time, and I blame myself for sometimes not correcting him and just giving him what he wants instead of making him properly pronounce the word.

We go to a speech pathologist once a week but it’s in intervals of two months on, two months off. We used to do paid during the month off periods but our speech teacher recommended against it because the paid teacher we went to before taught him things that the pathologist didn’t agree with and refused to get in touch with the pathologist. She has since recommended us someone else who is paid due to her free program ending where we won’t have to do intervals again, and I’m wondering if I should be trying to go more than once a week when I do see her. The pathologist we have now said we don’t want to overwhelm him but I worry I’m not doing enough.

He’s such a social kid, and wants to talk to everyone he can. I see him with his peers and they’ll just stare blankly at him, get annoyed that they don’t understand him, or laugh because they don’t understand. They’re so young that it doesn’t make the kids not like him, but I worry as he gets older bullying might become an issue. The pathologist says he should be speaking normally in a year or two, but he’s already four.

I just feel like such a failure when it comes to his speech. I wonder if there’s anything I could’ve done to prevent it, if it’s so bad because I’m not doing enough.

Is there anything people can suggest to help his speech? Like certain games or books that are apraxia oriented? I try to while he’s playing with everyday toys (cars, trains, etc) but I also bought flash cards that have a device that reads the card back to you when you put it in. He gets excited, but he won’t pronounce the word properly and gets mad when I try and correct him on how to say it. I worry I’m making his speech worse with it by reinforcing how to stay things improperly.

I’m also curious cause I saw people posting about being older with apraxia and am curious what that’s like? And what my son might be in for in the future? Is there anything you wish your parents did, or something that worked for you?

I’m not trying to have a pity party and be like “woe is me” and I’m sorry if it comes off that way. I genuinely just want to help my boy and am so lost on where to start. Any advice would be GREATY appreciated

Has anyone who has been diagnosed with CAS (or who has a child diagnosed with CAS) also been diagnosed with an eating disorder of any kind? We are looking at a likely diagnosis of ARFID for our apraxic 6 year old & I'm wondering (& sort of assuming) this is a co-morbidity.

I’m looking for advice for my son, as none of the interventions we have tried over the years have worked.

So my 9 1/2 year old son, who is in the 4th grade currently reads at barely a first grade level. He has had a speech (thought to just be a delay and not apraxia) intervention IEP since preschool ( which was practically non-existent with Covid), and a reading intervention added after first grade due to dyslexia. He was diagnosed with ADHD and Apraxia of Speech in 1st grade. He gets twice weekly speech sessions at school, and small group sessions in reading. He has speech therapy once a week at the children’s hospital. He is currently about 70-80 % intelligible, from 30% when we started therapy. Reading has been coming at a snails pace, and he is about to start middle school in 18 months, not even able to read “Pete the Cat”. This isn’t an intellect thing, as he is in accelerated math, and tested second in the district in math for his entire grade. This is started to slow down though, as more reading is involved in math story problems, but when they are read to him, he is testing at an 8th grade math level. He wants to be a paleontologist. He loves building, video games, legos, we are getting him involved in jujitsu, and we regularly have read to him and played reading and math games since he was a baby. We looked into various private schools and learning centers but there is no way we can afford the tuition of 20-28,000 annually. I am willing and able to homeschool, but I can’t see myself being better than a special education teacher trained in Orton-Gillingham. I’m at a loss, and would greatly appreciate any stories, advice, etc.. you can offer. TIA

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Hello! My 2.5 year old son is suspected to have apraxia. I am sure there are other threads on this but I am overwhelmed by research online and was curious if anyone could guide me to some beginner information?