#apraxic

[nonspeakingkiku]

hi i wanted to ask what "unreliable speaking" means? also im also a werewolfkin ^^!

Unreliably speaking is term that refers to something that people with apraxia and dyspraxia might deal with. Our body's say things we don't want or mean them to. This can range from things like saying no when we actually want to say yes, to involuntary echolalia (repeating what others say). Thank for the ask. Hope this helps. ☺️

[nonspeakingkiku]

Kiku decided go up grid size on AAC recently. And then today Kiku decide go up again. When first got AAC Kiku though big buttons be best idea but Kiku now think smaller buttons okay. Not smallest buttons but lots buttons on page. AAC hard. Got learn where words are and put together sentence and remember practice all by self. Kiku doin it, just slow and hard and hard to explain to not AAC user. AAC slower. Especially when learning. But Kiku determined and want have AAC work best for Kiku. Want set up way easiest use. Organize best. That take time. Take time come to terms with AAC slow learn and that okay. And take time accept that it okay Kiku call self nonspeaking/nonspeaker. Because when little time Kiku can talk it hard and drain and people not understand what say. Speech unreliable. Never know when have it. But AAC help even with learn slow. It mean can say what need/want to. Kiku maybe full time aac user. Kiku not know. But use lot. Work on use lot. When not use just not talk. Kiku don't know. But Kiku know AAC help lot lot.

[nonspeakingkiku]

Does anyone have any good resources on apraxia? Specifically motor apraxia or global apraxia. Kiku is trying to learn more about it and how to... cope (Kiku thinks that the word Kiku is looking for) with it. Kiku is trying to find info about it but doesn't know what words to search (searching apraxia brights up stuff about verbal apraxia/cas or aquired apraxia due to stroke). Kiku is aware of one website (but can't remember the name) and their motor hacks but they are videos and Kiku can't focus on the videos for some reason.

Kiku also is working on setting up a section of Kiku's aac with prompts to use when Kiku gets stuck because can't remember the steps to do something or get body to do something without help but it stuck... because can't figure out what to add 😅 That's ironic lol, got stuck trying to make something to help Kiku get unstuck.