Everyone likely knows what it is like to be misunderstood and underestimated but no one may know that better than Jakob Jordan.Jakob, the son of Q-102 radio's Jenn Jordan in Cincinnati, has been able ...

BLUE ASH, Ohio. (WKRC) – A local man is making breakthroughs after 21 years of being unable to communicate openly. Jakob Jordan on Saturday hosted “An Evening of Spelling with Andrew and Jakob,” which ...

MILFORD, Ohio (WKRC) - A simple keyboard is giving a local young man a voice he has never had. Jakob Jordan, 24, has nonverbal, severe autism and apraxia, making it difficult for him to speak and ...

Speech therapy for autism helps improve communication skills, social interactions, and understanding of language. This can make daily interactions and learning more manageable for autistic people. In ...

HAVERTOWN, Pennsylvania -- Gregory Tino was voiceless for years due to his autism and apraxia. Now, he writes books to describe his firsthand experiences of having autism, providing a voice to other ...

UNION COUNTY (WSIL) -- May 14th is Apraxia Awareness Day, still more than a month away, the rare speech disorder is about to get some attention in Union County. A Wolf Lake mom is campaigning to raise ...

The City of Fort Worth recently recognized Apraxia Awareness Day, the condition that keeps her son from speaking. Fort Worth City Hall did something good for a mom advocating for her son and others ...

Conway mother Beth Layton thought her then-18-month-old daughter wasn’t talking, or even babbling, because she was the youngest of four children. “People said, ‘She doesn’t have to talk; they talk for ...

Apraxia of Speech is a form of oral motor speech disorder that affects a person’s ability to communicate conscious speech plans into motor plans. A person may therefore be aware of the words they ...

Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a rare, severe, and persistent speech sound disorder characterized by a deficit in planning/programming oral and laryngeal movements for speech. 1 Speech motor ...