2/through a mask. I promised him I wouldn’t wear one and neither would he. That meant we got kicked out of public places often, and yelled at by strangers.

3/when I think back at his speech therapy, and how his speech pathologist had to physically touch his mouth and help him form words, and how he intently watched our mouths,

4/I wonder how many other children with speech apraxia missed out on crucial services, and their development is stunted over masked therapy and not being properly guided.

5/Public health, Fauci, the teachers unions, and everyone else who forced masks on the population, you deserve to rot. You hurt the most vulnerable among us and that is why I’ll push back forever.

@nicolle99953150 I feel this heartbreak Nicole. My daughter was 7 when this hysteria began. She regressed horribly and is just now starting to gain her confidence back.

@JennyCl63339184 It’s so dang terrible! The whole time I kept thinking all the littles who may never get speech with these roadblocks.

@nicolle99953150 I’m confused. Weren’t we told by a well established agency that looks out for children specifically, there was nothing to worry about?

@nicolle99953150 Great Mom! Deaf & hearing impaired were robbed of all communication. Many kids with disabilities regressed 2-4 years. Many will never recover from losses.

@piningforvacay @LauraPowellEsq They missed huge developmental speech milestones.

@nicolle99953150 This was so awful for many and still people dismiss those harms while there is no real evidence that masks had any benefit. 💔

@nicolle99953150 The speech therapists who masked after they were not required to do so or who thought zoom therapy was just fine still make me very angry.

@nicolle99953150 Never comply going forward , I won’t

@nicolle99953150 Children shouldn't have been sacrificed for #TrumpDerangementSyndrome politics, but they were & its despicable

@nicolle99953150 Apraxia of speech is so difficult for the children who endure it. I recently worked to diagnose a student with dyslexia/ dysgraphia as well. So much of the world is hard for him to access. Words, spoken and in print. 😞 I’m sorry for the further harm that masking causes.

@nicolle99953150 I am so sorry for your child! Apraxia is already such a hard thing to work through both the physical aspect as well as the emotional toll.

@nicolle99953150 @MomOnAMission30 If you live in a captive state like CA, IL, NY, NM, MA, OR, NJ or WA I feel your pain. I have 2 boys - 8 & 10. When I think of what they've been through, my BP rises. So from 1 parent to another, when they try to bring back masks, and u know they will, you have to #BetheElephant

@nicolle99953150 I wear bilateral hearing aids, and rely on lip reading. It was horrendous communicating with mask wearers. Im so sorry that you & your son had to go through this. Masks serve no purpose and should never ever be brought back.

@nicolle99953150 Oh no, I pray for him. He will get stronger and his confidence will grow with the help of God.