MILFORD, Ohio (WKRC) – A simple keyboard is giving a local young man a voice he has never had. Jakob Jordan, 24, has nonverbal, severe autism and apraxia, making it difficult for him to speak and express how he feels.
Most of Jakob’s life has been defined by what people could see on the outside. He was diagnosed at age 3 .
“Apraxia causes a brain–body disconnect where the body doesn’t do what the mind wants it to do. That includes speaking the words that he wants to say. It includes the way his body moves,” said his mother, Jenn Jordan…