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[quote=Anonymous]DS was diagnosed with low tone when he was 20 months. His low tone is primarily evidenced in his speech. He was a heavy drooler and late talker and had expressive language skills of a 10 month old. He has been in speech therapy for about 18 months and has an explosion of words -- long sentences and paragraphs now, but his articulation is pretty poor. He also has some fine motor issues -- he's not writing yet, so hard to tell how he'll do when the time comes for that. But, he hates playdough and sand and the things that would help build the hand strength he needs. He loves to run and is actually pretty fast, but his endurance is very poor. He has flat feet, pronates and needs to wear orthotics. He was also late to alternate feet on the stairs and still goes down mostly not alternating. So, keep your eye out and be ready to engage in some of the strength building exercises if / where you see delays and evidence of low tone. Good luck![/quote]
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