At Home with Autism: A Podcast from Jenn Jordan

Episode 22…Let Him Speak (with Jakob)

Apraxia. The disconnect between the brain and the body. The brain wants the body to do something and the body does not cooperate. Jakob experiences a good dose of apraxia of speech. Sometimes words come out the way he wants and sometimes they don’t come out at all. And sometimes it just takes awhile. In this episode, I didn’t edit anything. I left in all the silence. You can hear how the words come…sometimes fast and furious and sometimes I have to wait. The waiting is soooo important. You’ll hear why. If I didn’t wait for his answers, I wouldn’t know what he’s thinking. And boy oh boy do I want to know what he’s thinking…