apraxia

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Pierce has been diagnosed with autism and the neurological disorder apraxia, and will need intensive daily therapy if he's ever to become independent, says his mother.

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  1. noun Total or partial loss of the ability to perform coordinated movements or manipulate objects in the absence of motor or sensory impairment.

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  • The new website, ApraxiaResearch. com, provides resources and information for parents and professionals regarding research developments for the treatment of verbal, oral, and motor apraxia. —  PRWeb
  • Pierce has been diagnosed with autism and the neurological disorder apraxia, and will need intensive daily therapy if he's ever to become independent, says his mother. —  Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
  • Using a UQ-built telerehabilitation device, the study assessed 86 patients with various speech and language disorders, such as dysarthria, aphasia and apraxia of speech. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
  • A month later, she presented apathy, apraxia, slowdown and expressive aphasia. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • Patients suffering from apraxia, a neurological syndrome caused by lesions in the left hemisphere of the brain, have difficulties executing complex movements, including tool use gestures. —  GEN News Highlights
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  1. Greek aprāxiā, inaction : a-, without; see a-1 + prāxis, action; see praxis.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἀπραξία, not doing, non-action, from ἀπρακτος, not doing, not to be done, from ἀ- privative + πρακτός, verbal adjective of πράσσειν, do: see practice, praxis.
 

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