The more I read on aphasia the more confused I get--it says aphasia is brain damage but caused by injury/disease/stroke etc.. after someone already had language skills--Angel has always had problems answering "wh" questions--ya know things she has to process the info(which can take a few minutes) and come up with an answer--sometimes taking forever to get an answer out--you can tell she "knows" the answer,she just cant get it out--not by stuttering or anything--but trying to find the right words--she will talk your ear off just has severe delay in expressive language--sometimes she makes up words to compensate for the words she cant get out
The SLT told us that she didnt have apraxia because apraxia kids couldnt utter sounds--but I thought there were different degrees of apraxia and verbal/non verbal??
She said she would like to work with Angel for 3 to 6 months to see how much progress she makes and then we will talk about long term.
Went to school today and got to sit in on a ST session and talk some afterwards---she does think Angel has a language disorder(not a delay any longer) and processing issues--I enrolled her in private pay therapy twice a week and she gets therapy provided by the school 3 times a week--so 5 days a week for now--she also talked to me about autism spectrum disorders but thats another post!!!!
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---I look at it like this though---after all we have been through--and this dx doesnt change who Angel is--just a name for an issue she has had--so just another bump in the road after the big mountains we have already climbed together ![preemiegroup/thumbsup1.gif](http://1.<a href="http://www.forumer.com">forumer</a>.com/html/emoticons/preemiegroup/thumbsup1.gif)