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From: Under the Umbrella Fall/Winter 1999 Children’s Specialized Hospital At two years of age, Tanner Geng of Warren was unable to blow out the candles on his birthday cake. ”He couldn’t purse his lips to blow. His face was very round and he was not expressive.” said his mother Lisa. For Lisa Geng and her husband, Glenn, [...]

We are proud to announce that we were voted as the primary recipient of Seton Hall University’s Law School’s Competitive Grant. Because of this Grant, as well as the continued wonderful support of our current sponsors and others, the Cherab Foundation will soon be able to: Provide subsidized screenings for speech and language, as well [...]

Women who are or may become pregnant shouldn’t eat shark, swordfish, king mackerel or tilefish because these fish may contain high levels of mercury that could harm unborn babies. FDA’s advice extends to nursing mothers and young children, too… FDA ANNOUNCES ADVISORY ON METHYL MERCURY IN FISH The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing [...]

The following was from ‘The First Apraxia Conference’ July 23-24, 2001, Headquarters Plaza Hotel, Morristown, New Jersey USA and was also presented at the Research Workshop – September 20-21 and on September 22, 2001 ‘Fatty Acids in Neurodevelopmental Disorders’ St Anne’s College, Oxford, UK CHERAB FOUNDATION SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS The first conference for therapy of verbal [...]

This 2 day trip, which was a first trip to New York for both mother and son, also gave Khalid and Cindy the ability to have some fun while they shared their story about growing up with a speech disorder with Inside Edition TV for their segment on apraxia and the Cherab Foundation. Thanks to [...]

On August 6, 2001, Inside Edition did a feature story on Apraxia. After about 30 hours of taping, and hours of editing down to 5 and a half minutes, we were left with one powerful segment. For screenshots, see the Talking Page – http://www.debtsmart.net/talk/inside_edition.html View: Inside Edition Segment on Apraxia from Cherab Foundation on Vimeo. [...]