The National Aphasia Association and American Stroke Association have collaborated to create a new free, personalized, downloadable aphasia ID card. This is a wonderful resource for letting other people know that you have aphasia (family, friends, or even the local librarian or Starbucks barista) and to support your communication with them. Although we hope this is never the case, it… Read More »Aphasia ID Card: A New, Free, Personalized Option
Aphasia is an acquired communication disorder resulting from an injury to the brain, most often a stroke. It can impact a person’s ability to express themselves, understand others, and/or read and write. I’ve blogged previously about speech therapy for aphasia and virtual conversation groups. I also maintain a list of aphasia-related websites on my Resources page. Today I’d like to… Read More »Aphasia Resources: Online and in the Local Community
Aphasia is a communication disorder resulting from brain injury. In a previous blog post, “Speech Therapy for Aphasia,” I wrote about what causes aphasia, what aphasia is like, and how speech therapy can help people with aphasia. In today’s post, I would like to share information about available virtual aphasia conversation groups and events. Specifically, I will highlight the National… Read More »Virtual Conversation Groups for People With Aphasia
June is Aphasia Awareness Month and we’ve been highlighting information about aphasia over on our Instagram page all month long. If you are unfamiliar with what aphasia is, take a read through Katherine’s blog post from last year that provides great detail about what aphasia is, how it arises and what you can do if you or a loved one… Read More »Resources for Living with Aphasia
I recently shared a post outlining tips to manage difficulty with attention, in which I enumerated the many domains of cognitive-communication SLPs address when working with the adult neurogenic population. Word finding difficulty is one such domain, and is a common complaint of many who have suffered a stroke or brain injury. Word finding difficulty is a hallmark symptom of… Read More »Compensatory Strategies For Word Finding