Hey everyone,
I just wanted to say that I have lurked for a long time on the site and have posted some but not a lot. I have read, what appears that some people on here seem to be in the medical field, and wanting to get some advice if possible.
My situation is this:
I have 3 sons, ages 1 yr to 6yrs. My middle son, who is current 3, has been diagnosed with both "speech" and "motor" apraxia. As much searching on the internet that I have been able to do, I can't really find a lot of information for the "motor" apraxia. For some that may not know what it is, but may have some input or suggestions, apraxia is in long and short, a developmental delay issue. He doesn't talk other than some simple letter sounds as a 6-8 month old may like he is trying to find his voice. He can't walk on his own and have had him fitted for braces and he has a walker. We have also been working with sign language with him for about a year now and he seems to be picking up on that great. There are a few things that concern me. One is that he seems to still be very visually stimulated for his age. He likes to play with the toys that have lights and sounds rather than using more of his motor skills and working with "physical" stimulation. I'm not sure if this should be normal with the apraxia, or if there may be some under-lying things going on. Another thing that has me somewhat concerned, although things seem to be going fine at this point, is that my youngest, just turned 1 recently and is using a lot of sign language because we use it with my middle child. Now, I think that it is great that he is learning this communication, but just afraid that he may hesitate to start talking because of it. Again, at this point doesn't seem to be a big issue, because he is trying to talk as well, I am just not sure if we are going to have to pay extra attention to this. Sorry for somewhat of a long post, and this by no means covers everything, so if someone may have some input but has questions, please feel free to ask. I'll end here for now and please, if I can't respond right away I apologize, but I am not free to get on here as much as I would like to.
I just wanted to say that I have lurked for a long time on the site and have posted some but not a lot. I have read, what appears that some people on here seem to be in the medical field, and wanting to get some advice if possible.
My situation is this:
I have 3 sons, ages 1 yr to 6yrs. My middle son, who is current 3, has been diagnosed with both "speech" and "motor" apraxia. As much searching on the internet that I have been able to do, I can't really find a lot of information for the "motor" apraxia. For some that may not know what it is, but may have some input or suggestions, apraxia is in long and short, a developmental delay issue. He doesn't talk other than some simple letter sounds as a 6-8 month old may like he is trying to find his voice. He can't walk on his own and have had him fitted for braces and he has a walker. We have also been working with sign language with him for about a year now and he seems to be picking up on that great. There are a few things that concern me. One is that he seems to still be very visually stimulated for his age. He likes to play with the toys that have lights and sounds rather than using more of his motor skills and working with "physical" stimulation. I'm not sure if this should be normal with the apraxia, or if there may be some under-lying things going on. Another thing that has me somewhat concerned, although things seem to be going fine at this point, is that my youngest, just turned 1 recently and is using a lot of sign language because we use it with my middle child. Now, I think that it is great that he is learning this communication, but just afraid that he may hesitate to start talking because of it. Again, at this point doesn't seem to be a big issue, because he is trying to talk as well, I am just not sure if we are going to have to pay extra attention to this. Sorry for somewhat of a long post, and this by no means covers everything, so if someone may have some input but has questions, please feel free to ask. I'll end here for now and please, if I can't respond right away I apologize, but I am not free to get on here as much as I would like to.
