Apraxia Awareness Day

Today is Apraxia Awareness Day! Apraxia is among the most severe speech and communication problems in children.   Affected children have difficulty planning and producing the precise, highly refined and specific series of movements of the tongue, lips, jaw, and palate that are necessary to produce clear, intelligible speech. ...

Happy Nappy

Callie still takes an afternoon nap.  We wish her a "happy nappy" and often sing Happy Nappy to the tune of Happy Birthday when laying her down.  We have a web cam in her room and have noticed lately she prefers to play during half, sometimes all, of her nap time.  The other day my heart melted as I watched her hug and kiss...

Speak For Yourself

I am happy to finally post an AAC update!  In December I wrote about how we were entering the world of Augmentative and Alternative Communication and had chosen a DynaVox Maestro as Callie's first speech device.  I was very excited to receive the device and get started right away, but it unfortunately ended up being a bust.  I...