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 ...

Scientists have revealed a new syndrome in children that presents with a combination of allergy, apraxia and malabsorption. A landmark study conducted by Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland ...

July 13, 2009–Oakland, Calif. – A landmark study conducted by Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland is the first to reveal a new syndrome in children that presents with a combination of ...

What is apraxia of speech (AOS), and what are its causes? Apraxia of speech or verbal apraxia is a motor speech disorder. It’s like something in the child’s brain does not allow the information to get ...

Constructional apraxia is a task-specific type of apraxia that causes difficulty drawing or copying images and constructing things. This is due to impairments of executive functions and perceptual and ...

Ideomotor apraxia is a neurological disorder that prevents people being able to perform learned movements or tasks, even if they have the physical ability and knowledge of how to do so. Apraxia is a ...