PRINTER'S NO. 3450
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
877
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY RAPP, BRIGGS, READSHAW, BIZZARRO, HILL-EVANS,
NEILSON, CORBIN, TOOHIL, WARD, MILLARD, BOBACK, DiGIROLAMO,
DUSH, SONNEY, RYAN, MUSTIO, J. McNEILL, YOUNGBLOOD, KAUFFMAN,
CALTAGIRONE, LONGIETTI, KINSEY, BURNS, VITALI, CAUSER,
D. COSTA, MARSICO, MURT, PICKETT, DRISCOLL AND M. QUINN,
APRIL 26, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 26, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating May 14, 2018, as "Apraxia Awareness Day" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a motor speech
disorder where children have problems making speech sounds
because the brain has difficulty planning the motor and muscle
movements needed for speech; and
WHEREAS, The cause of CAS is not well understood in most
cases; and
WHEREAS, CAS may be the result of neurological conditions or
injury such as stroke, infection or traumatic brain injury; and
WHEREAS, Children with CAS do not follow typical patterns of
developing sounds and speech; and
WHEREAS, When CAS is most severe, children struggle to make
sounds; and
WHEREAS, Children with a moderate or milder form of CAS
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