The end of an era

David has been going to speech therapy at Vanderbilt University for over two years now. During that time, in addition to getting his speech therapy, he also had two surgeries on his mouth to correct physical barriers preventing him from proper speech development. I'm so proud to post that, as of today, David is DONE with speech therapy!!! When he was first diagnosed with apraxia of speech (www. apraxiakids.org) we were so nervous about what the future would be like for David. He didn't speak at all, only grunted, pointed, and used sign language. Apraxia is a very serious diagnosis, and we were afraid that it would follow him for a long time. I am so proud of him!! He's worked so hard over the last two years, going twice a week for the majority of that time to get his therapies. He'll have to have a follow up appointment in a year, but his therapist said she sees no indication that he'll need future therapy. YEA DAVID!!!!