Difficulty Understanding Your Child? Apraxia Of Speech May Hold Answers

Safety Harbor FL

17 May, 2021

5:40 PM

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From the BayCare Health System: May 13, 2021 Allen Walker is just like any other active little boy. He loves to play with his T-ball set and kick his soccer ball around. He likes to bounce on a trampoline and attend Tae-Kwon-Do class. And of course, he likes his video games. There was just one thing. "He was quiet," said his mom, Tanika Six. "He would try to make sounds and form words when he was younger. His lips would move and he was trying to talk. But the words wouldn't come out." Ms. Six just thought that he was a late bloomer. "When I was a little girl, I had a problem saying my 'Rs'," she said. "I thought that maybe his speech problems were hereditary. I thought he would be fine." One day when Allen was 3, he and his mom were at the store. "He was trying to communicate with me but I couldn't understand what he was saying," she said. It was then that a woman turned around and changed Allen's life. "She said that she had a granddaughter who had a speech problem and Allen sounded like her granddaughter," said Ms. Six. "She said that I should get him evaluated." Click here to read the full press release. This press release was produced by the BayCare Health System. The views expressed here are the author's own.