Anonymous wrote:I’m the OP and wanted to provide an update. DS met with the office of student disability who quickly agreed to a course substitution. The only documentation required was a physician’s letter. I’m so glad that I worried for nothing.

This is excellent news! So stressful and to have this great result is just wonderful.

Anonymous wrote:Happy for your son & you, OP! Could you kindly share who provided high quality speech therapy for apraxia? I'm looking for speech therapy for my son. TIA!

Yes! Stacy Fleischman in Rockville. It’s been many years so I don’t know if she’s still practicing but it’s worth seeking her out. At the time, she did home visits. I credit her 100% with my son’s progress. She had a great deal of experience with CAS. She is just a wonderful SLP and human. I’m sorry I don’t have her phone number but doing a search here or on Google should bring her up.

Happy for your son & you, OP! Could you kindly share who provided high quality speech therapy for apraxia? I'm looking for speech therapy for my son. TIA!

Anonymous wrote:I’m the OP and wanted to provide an update. DS met with the office of student disability who quickly agreed to a course substitution. The only documentation required was a physician’s letter. I’m so glad that I worried for nothing.

That’s great news! I’m so glad it worked out for you and your son and encouraging for anyone else in the same situation to try.

I’m the OP and wanted to provide an update. DS met with the office of student disability who quickly agreed to a course substitution. The only documentation required was a physician’s letter. I’m so glad that I worried for nothing.

Anonymous wrote:You are going to need to be at a school that has a policy of offering a language waiver, as well as updated testing. I am baffled why this wasn't a priority in your college search.

For a kid with apraxia of speech, Latin is a common choice as there is no spoken component.

Same question. My kid has apraxia. Lang was hard for him, dropped it midway through HS. ED'ed to a college without a language requirement.

I don't know how you are going to be able to show the need for it if there is no recent documentation. You could start with his current doctors. Does he have a neurologist? Psychiatrist? See if anyone will write a letter about the disability and the impact. IDK if this is going to be enough.

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Anonymous wrote:You are going to need to be at a school that has a policy of offering a language waiver, as well as updated testing. I am baffled why this wasn't a priority in your college search.

For a kid with apraxia of speech, Latin is a common choice as there is no spoken component.

This is a fair point. Ideally he would have chosen a school with no foreign lanaguage requirement but there were a lot of boxes that needed to be checked and this narrowed options significantly. This school is known for being supportive and accommodating which is what swayed us to still consider it. But you just never know until you present your individual case with disability services.

I’m the poster who prioritized no FL and has the senior son. I understand this too. It was SO HARD to find all of the other things we needed to and the supportive environment where he would be successful in the program he wanted. I totally get why you had to compromise on something. We had a huge checklist of things in addition to no FL and honestly, this was luck.

Our situation won’t be perfect and there are compromises in other areas. Good luck!