2020 was a trying year for everyone. How I raise awareness changed, events changed, the world changed. However these are still parts of this year that I cherish and that were AMAZING! Some highlights of 2020: Emceeing and walking in the Pageant Event Spoke in 2 countries Won a Best In Pageantry Award Appearing at 13 in-person Winter Carnival events […]
I have been notified I am a finalist in the Vernon Best of the Best awards brought to you by vernonmatters.ca please vote for me for the following category’s, Best Local Celebrity, Best Citizen, Best Local Girl Made Good, Best Volunteer, as well as for Best Daycare Worker! It is such an honor to be recognized I all these category’s […]
Most Preschool and Kindergarten children with Apraxia will struggle with learning the Alphabet. Why? Well, because children with Apraxia struggle to create the sounds needed. Think about it, we teach and learn our ABC’s with sound A sounds like Ahhh, B is Baa, etc, etc. But what do we do if the child can not make these sounds? We teach […]
Often people ask me “what is an Apraxic moment” or “what happens when you have Apraxia?” While everyone with Apraxia experiences different Apraxic Moments, I wanted to share what my most common Apraxic moments, as an adult, look like. First would have to be my volume, tone, and pitch control. My volume control is something I have always struggled with. […]
Will they understand me? Am I too loud? Was that the right word? Do I really sound that way? What if they think I am yelling? What if they think I am slow? What if, what if what if? These are just some of the thoughts that echo through my head everyday. The fears of a adult woman living with […]
My Samsung Galaxy A70 received an update last night to the new One UI 2.0 and android 10 updates. While yes ALL updates are exciting this one was amazing and truly shows why Android and Samsung are paving the way in inclusive and assistive technology. After the update I didn’t think much of it but once I started looking around […]
You will never speak like everyone else! This is something that doctors, teachers and the public alike have told me and my parents for years. Speaking does not come easy to me because of my Apraxia of speech, a speech/communication disorder that only affects 1 in every 1000 children born. I did not make an age-appropriate understandable sentence until my […]
Last Year I received my scores for Miss Royalty International 2019, my lowest score was Fashionwear, I needed to change that. Fast forward to when I started training for the 2020 internationals with pageant coach, Wendi Russo! Wendi told me I needed to find a more “pageantry fashion-wear”. If you know anything about Canada and pageantry, you would know gown […]