Thanks :)What are the communication barriers for apraxia sufferers?
People with apraxia have difficulty getting their words out. Its called a motor planning disorder, and it's where the signals sent to the person's mouth by the brain get jumbled up. The muscles in the person's mouth are fine, but the signal going to the brain is not telling the muscles how to move to speak correctly. It can impair speech to make it less intelligible, some people have such severe apraxia that they can't speak at all. Since they have problems with their speech, they may withdraw and not talk to others, it may cause behavior problems in children. With adults, many stroke victims will have apraxia, which can cause them to become depressed as it is hard for them to get their words out.
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