Speech Apraxia and Autism Misbehavior

Speech Apraxia and Autism Misbehavior

This week (May ’17), Penn State researchers claimed to have disproven a generally-accepted premise with an article is entitled, Tantrums are Not Associated with Speech or Language Deficits in Preschool Children with Autism. The Study The authors retrieved...
Rerun: Autism, Apraxia, and the Oboe

Rerun: Autism, Apraxia, and the Oboe

Shortly after starting speech therapy, it is not uncommon for our parents to be informed by the professional that their child has speech apraxia. Here’s the thing, the child does not have autism AND an inability to produce words. In the vast majority of cases,...