PRINTER'S NO. 1760
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
319
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY RAPP, BRIGGS, FRANKEL, BERNSTINE, KINSEY,
HENNESSEY, PICKETT, CAUSER, HILL-EVANS, LONGIETTI, MARKOSEK,
KORTZ, BURNS, RYAN, DiGIROLAMO, VITALI, SONNEY, PYLE,
CALTAGIRONE, BROWN, OBERLANDER, MILLARD, YOUNGBLOOD,
READSHAW, SCHLEGEL CULVER AND NEILSON, MAY 8, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 8, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Designating May 14, 2019, 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
struggle with syllables and words; and
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