Re: [finally] I have, my percentage when I was diagnosed as a baby. []

May 11, 2011

Casey, I have heard you speak and you do not appear to have any speech

conditions. I often wonder about myself because I call things the wrong name; I

stall in my sentences (ADD) and do not finish them; I get tingue tied; I have

fast speech sometimes; I forget what I am saying; And sometimes say things that

do not make any sense to the listener. I never was aware (before now) that I had

any speech or language issues. But I have never heard you do any of these

things. My 12 yr old has what we affectionately call mosaic speech (sometimes

she is intelligible and sometimes she is not), but we took her to a ST for an

evaluation and she found nothing. A second opinion revealed language &

processing issues.

You do very well and have a family, etc...etc... I think this is why so many of

us are very interested in things about you. Sorry if we seem to get too

personal.

>

> Yes, I did have a speech delay; I was put in early intervention [i was told]

> very quickly after diagnosed so I had my classes from then too around grade

> school, I still have my speech problems here, and there [they come out every

> once, and a while] But, I've corrected a good amount of it when I was younger.

> Let me know if you have any questions for me, but www.imdsa.org is where you

can

> find more information.

>

> Casey Morton: IMDSA Self-Advocate & Family Connect CoordinatorIMDSA Website

>

> find us also on Facebook atInternational Mosaic Down Syndrome Association

> Profile

>

> ________________________________

>

> Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 11:07:52 PM

> Subject: Re: [finally] I have, my percentage when I was diagnosed as a

> baby.

>

> Hi Casey, Can you tell me if you had delayed speech when you were very

> young? And if so, when did you finally speak normally?

>

> Thank you, (Aiden's Mom)

>

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