Question:
APHASIA: impaired or absent communication by speech, writing, or signs, dueto dysfunction of braincenters in the dominant hemisphere. Then the differentkinds of aphasia are listed as acoustic aphasia (auditory); amnestic oramnesic a. inability to remember or find words--(that's me); anomic a. whichis nominal aphasia--(no nouns?); associative a. -conduction a.; ataxicaphasia-motor aphasia; auditory aphasia-word deafness; a disability incomprehending speech or sounds (same as acoustic); Broca's a. -motor a.,conduction a.-a form of a. in which the subject can speak and write in a way,but skips or repeats words or substitutes one word for another, the lesionbeing in the association tracts connecting the various language centers;expressive aphasia-motor a.; functional a. -related to conversion hysteria;graphic or graphomotor a.-cerebral or mental agraphia, the inability toexpress ideas in writing (don't have that one); impressive a.-sensory a.,motor a. any of the varieties of a. in which the power of expression bywriting speaking or signs is lost. Also called ataxic, expressive orBroca's---WOULD YOU BELIEVE THERE ARE TWELVE MORE KINDS?

Answer: APRAXIA-a disorder of voluntary movement, consisting in a more or lesscomplete incapaciy to execute purposeful movements, notwithstanding thepreservation of muscular power, sensibility, and coordination in general.There are 8 different kinds listed.

ATAXIA-a loss of the power of muscular coordination. Then 21 different kindsare listed.

I think one reason I am confused is that the first manifestation of mychildren's disabilities (2/3) was very low muscle tone, then a very specifictype seizures which generalized to tonic-clonic. My first son was never dxedas autistic--I'm not sure he would have qualified like Jeremy does. I havehad neurologists mention that it looks like a "cerebellar problem" or thatthey have an "ataxic-type gait". Now that I think about it, my speechtherapist talks about apraxia being why facilitation helps in that it helpsJeremy to feel and know more where his hand is in space. She also hasmentioned oral apraxia. His words (what few he has) sound "disarthric". I'msure his "input system" is working pretty well--he has no echolalia--in fact,doesn't seem ABLE to imitate vocally, although he has learned a lot of signsand communicates well with those and symbols and FC when he's in the mood.