When Audra Pettus’ daughter Rowen received a diagnosis of childhood apraxia of speech at the age of 2, the family encountered a new and unfamiliar challenge, one most of them had never even heard of before.
“I think the initial feeling was panic,” Pettus says. “We were like, ‘What are we going to do? Do we have to move [to get her the help she needs]? What’s next?’”
Fortunately, the one thing she didn’t have to question was the instant and unwavering support from her sister, Brigette Waits-Garcia…