To CPS on Oliver's Possible Brain Trauma (March 26, 2008)

CPS had a Wenatchee speech person paid by the state, say my son was delayed in speech because of "psychological trauma" caused by ME. He didn't QUIT talking. He went from articulating high levels of speech to speaking gibberish. Wenatchee refused to rule out any damage caused by brain trauma or the possibility of aneurysm, hemmorhage, or something caused by the cysts they found in his brain on ultrasound, which required follow up and was never followed up. Wenatchee shows they value their prejudice and own self interests, and gossip and opinion, to actual medical diagnostics and ruling out physical problems that could create an issue:

Child Language Disorders Caused By Brain Trauma‏
From: cam huegenot (cameocares@live.com)
Sent: Wed 3/26/08 8:50 PM
To: scnl300@dshs.wa.gov (scnl300@dshs.wa.gov); tomasc@atg.wa.gov (tomasc@atg.wa.gov)
Cc: dicksiedael@aol.com



Aphasia
Aphasia refers to language disorders that result from brain injuries caused by tumors, strokes, wounds or other traumas. Children with damage to the left brain hemisphere show deficiency in learning language, while those with right brain injuries learn language normally.

Broca
Paul Broca related language specifically to the left side of the brain. In 1861 he discovered that injury to the front part of the left brain hemisphere (now called Broca's area) resulted in speech loss, while similar injuries to the right side did not. Broca's patients have speech deficiencies characterized by loss of function words, word-finding pauses, laboured speech and disturbed word order.

Wernicke
In 1874 Carle Wernicke described a similar type of aphasia with patients who have suffered injuries in the back part of the left hemisphere (now Wernicke's area). Wernicke's patients spoke fluently, with good intonation and pronunciation, but tended to substitute words, use nonsense words and jargon. Some people with Wernicke's aphasia suffer from the inability to find the correct words. We all occasionally have difficulty trying to remember the correct word that may be "on the tip of your tongue," but aphasics that suffer from Anomia have a much more serious problem trying to produce the correct words.