Gavin Brennan

My advice for younger children with Apraxia is to never give up. I was constantly challenged as a kid with Apraxia, and I hated it. I hated constantly having to go to speech classes and therapy while my friends were hanging out. I hated the fact that I couldn’t speak nearly as well as the kids around me. However I couldn’t control the fact that I had Apraxia, and instead I had to control what I could, which meant overcoming it through hard work. By never giving up on this challenge I learned from an early age that through hard work you can overcome anything in life, which was an important lesson I learned at such a young age.

One of the biggest ways Apraxia has made me stronger is knowing I overcame a huge obstacle at a young age. Any time I’m struggling with something in life I always lean back on what I have accomplished. And one of my biggest accomplishments would be overcoming Apraxia. Knowing that I went from being at the bottom of my classes in elementary school to now being in both AP and honors classes in high school is a reminder of who I am. It reminds me of who I am as a person, and it shows me that if I overcame that challenge at such a young age, then I can overcome anything thrown at me.