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Not many know about your challenges with speech defect as a child. How were you able to overcome that to become a broadcast journalist of note? I had mild dyslexia and then developed speech apraxia after a traumatic event during my childhood and this was compounded.

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AOS is a neurological disorder that affects the brain pathways involved in planning the sequence of movements involved in producing speech. The brain knows what it wants to say, but cannot properly plan and sequence the required speech sound movements. People with AOS may have difficulty pronouncing words correctly. Sounds, especially vowels, are often distorted.

Because the speaker may not place the speech structures e. Longer or more complex words are usually harder to say than shorter or simpler words. Frankly, I never thought I would be a journalist. Yes, a fantastic photographer, artist, film director, joining the British orchestra or playing professional cricket, but a broadcaster. I still have the lisps when I talk, just that I have been trained on how to manage it.

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Now I volunteer speech training therapy to young girls like me and help to build their self esteem too, as a way of giving back to the society. The International Day for the Girl Child was recently marked with a lot of rhetorics across the nation. Even in our education system and ssocialisation of negative norms. The girl child should, essentially, be encouraged to have faith in her abilities and also believe that anything is possible, even as we continue to advocate for an enabling environment for her to thrive.