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Have you got Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech? Let's connect

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An essay I wrote for People magazine about my journey with PPAOS, and I wanted to share it here, but this site won't allow me to share links. If you search the People site for "I Traveled the World as a Public Speaker. Soon I May Be Unable to Talk," you may find it.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Feb 5 8:53pm

@johncorvino, you will be able to post links in a short while. Allow me to post the link for you:
- I Traveled the World as a Public Speaker. Soon I May Be Unable to Talk https://people.com/public-speaker-soon-i-may-be-unable-to-talk-john-corvino-exclusive-11893529

Powerful story. Wonderful triumph of acceptance and being able to pivot your career.

The sentences that rang out loud for me were the following:
"I feel like a prisoner in my own thoughts: speaking is difficult, so I often don’t. I worry that my silence comes across as cold, unfriendly, and distant. When I do speak, I worry that my halting cadence will lead people to suspect slow thinking."

I'd like to pull the thread on that part a bit more. I think your concerns about your silence or halting cadence are shared with others in this group. What approaches or tips have you found helpful in explaining (or not) your silence and manner of speech so that people still see the intelligent, vibrant, engaged you?

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