Orange Cat with Book on Birds by Jeanne Philquist. How I feel. It has been two months since my last staycation. And I've been working hard, with rehab at the gym and doing the apraxia exercises. Not being totally worthless, because I have noticed progress with my speech and overcoming self-consciousness. Though, I have enjoyed taking a break from my routines.
taken from, A Guide to Stuttering in a Fast-Talking World My belief that I'd plateaued with my speaking abilities is compounded by my shyness and reluctance to speak. Boy, was I wrong about not being able to improve. If the exercises are all I do, then I'm still much better off than I was before. But there is so much more than forming words and sentences with my mouth, my jaw muscles are also developing muscle memory. These exercises also help with my aphasia. I can't explain how, but I'm experiencing more clarity of thought.
The more I talk, the more I can think about what I'm saying. It's as simple as that! I notice I have better recall, along with more precise pronunciation.
For six years, I have struggled when trying to speak. Stammering and stuttering, word loss, losing thoughts. But people are so kind, they act like they don't notice. On occasion, they will finish the sentence for me. Yes, I had speech therapy when I was at St. David's and followed through with four boot camps at Austin Speech Labs.
But it wasn't till I started at ACC and Certificate in Effective Fundraising that I am able to appreciate the enormous gap between what I am able to do and what others in my class can do, speaking- wise, that is. I feel like a Rip Van Winkle who just woke up after napping for six years. (And I can't believe that I have been out of it that long.)
If there's anything I've learned, yet, from Certificate in Effective Fundraising, is that clear speaking is paramount to fundraising. So, like I said in my previous post, I went out and purchased Source for Apraxia. I began the exercises on February 6, and I've been going steady for nearly 20 days.
Wish me luck.
The more I talk, the more I can think about what I'm saying. It's as simple as that! I notice I have better recall, along with more precise pronunciation.
For six years, I have struggled when trying to speak. Stammering and stuttering, word loss, losing thoughts. But people are so kind, they act like they don't notice. On occasion, they will finish the sentence for me. Yes, I had speech therapy when I was at St. David's and followed through with four boot camps at Austin Speech Labs.
But it wasn't till I started at ACC and Certificate in Effective Fundraising that I am able to appreciate the enormous gap between what I am able to do and what others in my class can do, speaking- wise, that is. I feel like a Rip Van Winkle who just woke up after napping for six years. (And I can't believe that I have been out of it that long.)
If there's anything I've learned, yet, from Certificate in Effective Fundraising, is that clear speaking is paramount to fundraising. So, like I said in my previous post, I went out and purchased Source for Apraxia. I began the exercises on February 6, and I've been going steady for nearly 20 days.
Wish me luck.
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