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Childhood Apraxia of Speech Blog

Apraxia Awareness Month 2024

Writer's picture: Tori StarlingTori Starling

According to the current statistics, about one in 36 children have autism spectrum disorder and it is four times more common in boys than girls. There are no official stats on childhood apraxia of speech, although it is believed to be one to ten per 1,000.


At one point in my life, these numbers were just a stat I read about … something that happened to other people, but certainly not to me. I had no idea what these moms and children were going through until I was dropped into this world myself.


My son was diagnosed with childhood apraxia of speech the day before his third birthday. This is a disorder where the brain knows what to say, but the mouth, tongue, and jaw do not cooperate. After speech therapy, a clean diet, supplements for things he was deficient in, and acupuncture, he entered kindergarten apraxia free. He is now 15 and went on to have no other learning problems.


Around Thanksgiving of last year, I was cleaning out my computer and I stumbled upon a document I created a decade ago with all my favorite blog posts I had written about my son’s journey with apraxia.


I was fresh back from the Documenting Hope Conference and feeling extra inspired, so I made a split-second decision to touch up those blog posts, and I called my publishing partner to make the book magic happen.


I titled the book “Voice of Truth: A Mother’s Journey to Help Her Son Heal from Apraxia of Speech.” It is named after the Casting Crowns song, “Voice of Truth,” which was one of my favorite anthems during that trial in my life. I still get teary when I hear it on the radio!


Book on apraxia


Voice of Truth released in May of 2024 during Apraxia Awareness Month. It is available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.


This book is for parents of children diagnosed with apraxia or SLPs who want to learn more about holistic add-ons to therapy, or to simply dive deeper into a mom’s perspective. Reviews are always welcome as they help the Amazon algorithm know that my book is alive!

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