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What's
wrong with him?
When Andrew was a toddler - he had no understandable speech. When he saw something that struck his fancy (like ceiling fans) he would tense his entire body, staring at it, and yell something... He enjoyed watching stuff like that, and since he was also a very large 3-year-old - people couldn't figure it out. So - when someone
asked that question "What's wrong with him?," I usually said something
like "Oh - sorry about that - he's learning his fifth language....let's
see, I think he's learning Swahili this week." Then I'd listen to Andrew
for a while, nod my head to him and say "Yes - he's commenting on the
aerodynamic styling and it's functionality in this setting seems appropriate."
It made it easier for me to deal with..... It was harder when someone said, "Why doesn't he talk?" (Boy, how I wish I knew the answer to that one!) Another Reason Your Child May Not Be Talking...
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The Cherab Foundation is a world-wide nonprofit organization working to improve the communication skills and education of all children with speech and language delays and disorders. Our area of emphasis is verbal and oral apraxia, severe neurologically-based speech and language disorders that hinder children's ability to speak.
The Cherab Foundation is committed to assisting with the development of new therapeutic approaches, preventions and cures to neurologically-based speech disorders. We bring together parents and medical, research, and educational professionals. Please join us and help to give our children a smile and a voice.
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Last Update: June 18, 2006
