Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a developmental disorder in which the precision and temporal coordination of the movements required for speech are impaired, despite normal neuromuscular function.

The patient was a 67-year-old Japanese woman, who was born to consanguineous parents and attained normal developmental milestones during infancy. At ∼17 years old, she began falling frequently while ...

A Guelph, Ont., family says their four-year-old son requires intensive speech therapy for his childhood apraxia of speech and OHIP doesn't fully cover the sessions he needs to make progress. They've ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Bend's third annual Walk for Apraxia event took place Sunday, to raise awareness about the motor speech disorder. It was held at the Healing Reins Therapeutic Riding Center, where ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTF) — Only 1 out of every 1,000 kids have apraxia. "Apraxia means my brain makes me talk funny," 9-year-old Margot told me through her device that helps her talk. It's a motor ...

Speech is essential to childhood development. Parents eagerly await their baby’s first words, and language is one of the ...

My ability to speak disappeared shortly after it arrived. At age three, I was diagnosed with autism. Many years later, my family learned a more specific descriptor for my condition—minimally-speaking ...

Apraxia is a group of neurological disorders with multiple symptoms. However, not all doctors agree on which symptoms belong to which disorder. After a retired speech-language pathologist had a stroke ...