Inside Edition:
Apraxia and The Cherab Foundation
The Inside Edition segment about apraxia, and our nonprofit was so successful that it has been aired
Nationwide on standby/repeat since August 6, 2001! http://www.insideedition.com/links.htm.
View
the trip to NY (and Mars) for this show too!
Page from
Inside Edition from week of August 6th, 2001:
Click to hear apraxic children at The Talking Page
If you would like to purchase a copy from Inside Edition, please call
them at 212-817-5656, or 1-800-EDITION. Or you can visit their website
at Inside Edition, then ask
for the segment on "verbal apraxia," August
6, 2001, the
segment producer is Stefanie Linzer. We are not involved in the sale or
distribution of this segment, but we can give you the Inside Story...
After
about 30 hours of taping, and hours of editing down to 5 and a half minutes,
we were left with one powerful segment. Here are a few frozen moments
from the segment.
"Early
on, we didn't know if Brandon was a late talker..." Scott Bilker, Brandon's
Dad
"As
we watch Brandon and his six year old younger brother Grant recite the
Pledge of Allegiance, it is apparent how much effort and focus it takes
for each word Brandon repeats to come out properly." -Deborah Norville, Host of Inside Edition talking about eight year old
Brandon who is "the best reader in his class."
Checking
out the Talking Page
"Children
that are verbally apraxic have been misdiagnosed as autistic, or mentally
retarded." Lori Roth MS CCC SLP (Dr. Agin, who was also interviewed
twice for this segment as the medical authority, verified this same point.)
"As his Dad, ...
it was just real difficult for me watching him not be able to communicate
back and forth on some really simple things" Glenn and Lisa. Geng talking
about 4 year old son Tanner
"Our
hope and our goal is to mainstream these children to their local Kindergartens." Claire Kanter Executive Director of Private Speech School that has been
successful in working with apraxic children.
"These
children have received early intervention, but what about the kids who
are diagnosed much later..." "Khalid is a true success
story!"-Deborah Norville, Host of Inside Edition about to introduce
Khalid and Rachel.
 "I was shy
when I was younger because I thought no one would understand me. But now
I'm more outgoing. I have lots of friends, and I try to make friends."
Khalid age 13, who was not diagnosed with apraxia
until age 8.
 "I'm
just so happy that I can help so many people." Rachel Horowitz, age 21 who didn't receive appropriate therapy for apraxia until high school.
In spite of the beliefs of her public school and their inappropriate misclassifications
of her, Rachel is now in her third year of college going towards a degree
in special ed to help "special" children of the future.
Baby picture
of Rachel.
Rachel, who still requires speech therapy, had been afraid to talk in
front of strangers. She not only presented to about 100 people at one
of our monthly meetings, but was being filmed by Inside Edition as well!
She is amazing!
And "Lisa Geng works tirelessly..." Deborah Norville, host of Inside Edition
"What
happens to a child with apraxia when they grow up?" Kal and his mom Cindy
flew in from New Mexico for this meeting, and presented and answered questions
with Rachel as our group was filmed for Inside Edition.
But
wait... where is our secretary Stacey Abenstein? The one who takes "notes in crayon" for our email
list, the one with "Ask the Doctor".
There
is Stacey on the far right! (One of her friends spotted her on Inside
Edition when it aired on TV and called to tell her she has 14 minutes
and 57 seconds worth of fame to go!)
Even
Deborah Norville had to stop and say how "complicated" our one web address
was to say. That's why we are so happy that today we have a much easier web address. Hurray for http://www.apraxia.cc/ and http://www.cherab.org
For
many more pictures of Inside Edition, and a behind the scenes look, click
here to visit The Talking Page!
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INSIDE STORY- how we ended up on Inside Edition
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