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Tinley Park designates May 14 as Apraxia Awareness Day after family testimony
Summary
The Village of Tinley Park Board of Trustees adopted a proclamation designating May 14, 2024, as Apraxia Awareness Day after a family described their child’s experience with childhood apraxia of speech and urged greater awareness and access to speech therapy.
The Village of Tinley Park Board of Trustees voted unanimously to designate May 14, 2024, as Apraxia Awareness Day, adopting a proclamation that calls for increased public awareness and support for children with childhood apraxia of speech.
The proclamation, read aloud at the meeting, says that without timely, intensive speech therapy children with apraxia face heightened risks for reading, writing and educational impacts that can affect future independence and employment. It states the village’s intent to encourage community members, physicians,…
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