How to Use apraxia in a Sentence

apraxia

noun
  • The center’s goal is to expand access for care for children with apraxia of speech, and serve as a training ground for speech pathologists across the country.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The center plans to create a widespread resource platform that can help families across the country locate the nearest apraxia specialist.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Heap’s daughter, 10, has apraxia of speech, a neurological speech disorder, and spent years attending speech therapy about three times a week.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Aiden has autism and apraxia, a neurological condition that affects a person's ability to plan and coordinate movements.
    Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Her 12-year-old son, Whitman, has autism and a neurological disorder called apraxia, in which the brain struggles to tell muscles how to move to form words or perform other motor skills.
    ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • Her 12-year-old son, Whitman, has autism and a neurological disorder called apraxia, in which the brain struggles to tell muscles how to move to form words or perform other motor skills.
    Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

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