Apraxia/ Dyspraxia- Huh?

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	Help! Can someone explain the definitions in simple terms? Give me examples if you know what one would sound like with these speech problems? My Averi tries to speak but she sounds like her mouth is numb . There is sound but cant really understand it? I googled this but I am still confused? Thankyou! Traci38883.4387847222 oohmy son has dyspraxia and wen i get him into bed i will post a bit more but its not JUST about being clumsy!! will be back soon! Actual apraxia, whether oral, verbal, limbs etc. is: apraxia - 1.  a disorder of voluntary movement, consisting in partial or complete incapacity to execute purposeful movements, without impairment of muscular power, sensibility and coordination.  2. a psycho-motor deficit in which one is unable to properly use a known object. Here's the definition from www.apraxia-kids.org  --- a neat site if you poke around.  Basically they mean the same, apraxia (for speech) is the absense, if dyspraxia, there is partial speech.  (this is def. is speech related.) Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia or Developmental Apraxia of Speech? These two terms are generally synonymous. Developmental verbal dyspraxia is often shortened to "DVD" and developmental apraxia of speech to "DAS". The "a" in "apraxia" stands for absence and "dys" in dyspraxia stands for partial. Thus, apraxia is absence of speech and dyspraxia is used by some to indicate some speech ability. "Praxis" indicates difficulty executing skilled movements.  However, more recently Childhood Apraxia of Speech is the preferred term for describing apraxia of speech in children. Hope that helps! Here's a good site, and an excerpt from it: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.apraxia-kids.or g/site/apps/nl/ content3.aspc=chKMI0PIIsE&b=787891&ct=464119 "> http://www.apraxia-kids.or g/site/apps/nl/ content3.aspc=chKMI0PIIsE&b=787891&ct=464119 The "a" in "apraxia" stands for absence and "dys" in dyspraxia stands for partial. Thus, apraxia is absence of speech and dyspraxia is used by some to indicate some speech ability. "Praxis" indicates difficulty executing skilled movements. However, more recently Childhood Apraxia of Speech is the preferred term for describing apraxia of speech in children. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey! I've been struggling to make the URL work - then noticed that horanimals gave you the same link and the same except above! sleuth38883.5086805556 Thanks guys! I am studying this stuff!my dd therapist seems to think she may have dyspraxia too.  I am  watching and waiting for an autisum expert to come in on wed to see what suggestions he may have.  should be interesting.What we thought was dyspraxia only turned out to be mild cerebral palsy in our son. Be careful. We saw a pediatric neurologist, and were surprised, to put it mildly at this dx. Okay, so, I haven't heard anyone use the term 'dyspraxia' before. And when Jair was dx'd with apraxia, it was used as the definition for dys praxia - partial execution...? So I'm trying to read and understand more about this now, too. I have finally realized that verbal apraxia is nothing about word-retrieval! It is about the mouth's ability to make language sounds, as opposed to oral apraxia which is about blowing, kissing, etc. So... how does cerebral palsy differ from limb apraxia? Editing - just found this... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.apraxia-kids.or g/site/apps/nl/content3.asp c=chKMI0PIIsE&b=787891&ct=464293 Q. What are "limb apraxia" and "global apraxia"? A. "Oral apraxia" and "verbal apraxia" are terms which describe a difficulty coordinating mouth and speech movements, "limb apraxia" would refer to motor planning deficits relating to arms, legs, fingers, etc. and "global apraxia" would be all of the above. The globally apraxic child would very likely be a mild cerebral palsy or "sub-clinical" cerebral palsy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sleuth38884.4127199074(note - the letter between E and G does not work on my keyboard, so I substitute ph) An easy way to understand apraxia - as related to speech -is that there's a sort oph miscommunication between the brain and the mouth. Their brain knows what it wants to say, but they just can't get their mouth muscles into the right position to produce the correct sound. That's in total laymans' terms, but it gives you the jist. HTH.me again -- I wanted to add that iph you want to actually hear children with apraxia speak, try this link: http://www.debtsmart.net/talk/index.html
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