Re: I posted a message on the Oprah site

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Trixie, thankyou,itb sounded great. Cheryl

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> Hi listmates, I've been reading everyones posts about getting

> Apraxia out in the media and making it a well known word. This came

> right from my heart, I truely need this. I don't know if it will

> work or not but I felt good writing it, say a prayer.

> Trixie

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> " I need to speak about Apraxia

> Posted by: sjtlctara

> Posted on: 04/04/2007 at 10:24pm (8 of 8)

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> Oprah, I need to speak about a disorder, not a delay, of speach

> called Apraxia. It is not on the spectrum of Autism but can often be

> found in children that are on the spectrum. My dream is to have

> people understand what apraxia is and not group it with autism. It

> sometimes has characteristics of autism but it is very different.

> Our children our able to live in our world and function socially.

> Oprah you had a segment once about twin girls with Apraxia can you

> please help us to make people aware of this disorder before autism

> overshadows it. I'm am actually speaking on behalf of thousands of

> people in this country who have children inflicted with this

> disorder who are not autistic, but because everyone is being

> bombarded with autism our children are often looked upon as being

> autistic or mentally retarded. One such person who's son has Apraxia

> is