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Sickboy

Can't Get The Dang Words Out: Apraxia

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8524 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Ryan's name starts with the letter R. But, Ryan has a really hard time pronouncing words with the letter R. God DAMN that's frustrating! Ryan lives with acquired Apraxia. According to Wikipedia: Apraxia is a motor disorder caused by damage to the brain in which the individual has difficulty with the motor planning to perform tasks or movements when asked, provided that the request or command is understood and the individual is willing to perform the task. We talk about the social challenges Ryan has faced and how he manages to cope with such a frustrating disorder.

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0:00.0

It's becoming pretty clear that U.S. President Donald Trump is ripping up the political

0:05.3

playbook.

0:05.8

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0:09.8

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0:13.8

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0:18.6

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0:24.2

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0:30.3

This is a CBC podcast.

0:36.1

Welcome to Sick Boy, a podcast where we talk about what it's like to be sick. This week's

0:40.8

guest is Ryan. He has a praxia. Let's talk about it.

0:49.5

I am hella excited for this recording

0:54.5

for one big reason,

0:56.7

which is we're about to learn about some shit

0:59.7

that we've never heard of before.

1:02.5

I don't know.

1:03.4

I don't know a fucking thing

1:05.0

about apraxia.

1:07.2

Yeah.

1:07.5

I know the first three lines of

1:08.9

what Wikipedia says,

1:10.1

and that's basically it.

1:11.6

I don't know, a goddamn thing. Ryan, you're calling him from London, London, Ontario.

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