PENNSYLVANIA, March 25 - PRINTER'S NO. 501

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

58

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY HUTCHINSON, BROWNE, HUGHES, VOGEL, BARTOLOTTA,

KANE, FONTANA, STREET, J. WARD, MASTRIANO, KEARNEY, PITTMAN,

MARTIN, PHILLIPS-HILL, MENSCH, COMITTA AND SCHWANK,

MARCH 25, 2021

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, MARCH 25, 2021

A RESOLUTION

Raising awareness for apraxia in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, Childhood apraxia of speech is a challenging and

complicated neurological speech disorder affecting children; and

WHEREAS, This disorder makes it difficult or impossible for

children to accurately produce sounds, syllables or words

despite knowing what they want to say and having a good

understanding of language; and

WHEREAS, Little is known about apraxia, which has no known

cause; and

WHEREAS, Apraxia has no cure and much more research into this

disorder is needed; and

WHEREAS, Parents whose children have been diagnosed with

apraxia and many speech therapists who work with those children

have emphasized the importance of early intervention and the

significant impact it can have on speech development in

children; and

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