Even in mild #dysphagia / #กลืนลำบาก, people have been known to avoid certain foods or avoid mealtimes altogether. This avoidance can massively impact a person's identity and quality of life. If you or someone you know has trouble around mealtimes, check out this chart or consult an #slp today.

#Apraxia vs #Dysarthria - what's the difference?

Apraxia is like a dancer trying to remember forgotten moves.
The speech muscles are intact, but the brain signals are confused.

Dysarthria is like a dancer with a sprained ankle.
The brain signals are clear, but the speech muscles can't keep up.

The words come out, but they sound slurred, slow, or hard to understand...
It's not because the person doesn't know what to say.
It's because their mouth won't cooperate.
This is #dysarthria, a motor speech disorder that #slp help to treat by strengthening and restoring motor planning connections.

The message is there.
The person plans what they want to say.
But the message gets lost along the way.

#Apraxia happens when the brain's motor planning system is disrupted, like after surgery, stroke, or brain injury. #slp help to rebuild those brain-to-mouth connections, one sound at a time.

Language and identity are intrinsically linked. For multilingual speakers, this often applies to more than one language. That's why speech pathologists assess communication in all languages that matter to the person. Recovery should not come at the cost of culture.

#TranslationDay #LanguageMatters

Imagine that you had just survived brain surgery but you were afraid to eat because it was unsafe. This is a common reality faced by people with post-surgical complications. Speech pathologists can help by providing safe eating strategies to restore participation and meaningful mealtime connections.