I wasn’t quite sure what to check to describe my connection to aphasia…I’m a speech-language pathologist (SLP), a caregiver, and a loved one connected to aphasia. In my 25+ years of being an SLP, I’ve known many persons affected by aphasia, but my career, nor my education, prepared me for the heartbreak of seeing my…
There are endless reasons why being a speech-language pathologist is a rewarding career. In fact, there are far too many to name. But perhaps the biggest reward is when you are able to give a person, regardless of their age or diagnosis, a “voice.” Last fall, while supervising our Aphasia Group at our local university,…
I’m Denise and I have aphasia. I attend the Adler Aphasia Center in New Jersey. I decided that we need more activities, so we started the club Outrageous for Aphasia. We take day trips and have also gone to see a play. We are going to be going on a classic train in July and…
In 2005, I found myself working with several stroke survivors as a Speech Language Pathologist. One stroke survivor in particular would frequently ask the questions “Am I the only one with these problems?”, “why did this happen?”, and “how did this happen?”. After providing much education and counseling, I realized the best way to get…
I am Alex and I am aphasic. I was the Director of Environmental Health for Cochise County, in southern Arizona. I want to talk about aphasia and continuing to try and learn. I attend the Aphasia Center of Tucson. My favorite time is 12:00 to 12:30. We take turns giving presentations. My presentations so far…
FIRE DREAMS Voices for Adventurer, Architect and Aphasiac I have aphasia since 2006. I know it is ironic that my lack of language inspired my story. You do not want a good architect to divide his/her architecture and writing. I crave and craft every creation in a different way, but in way same way too.…
Dec. 6 1998 I went out blowing leaves and I had my stroke. I was standing up on a contraption that pushed leaves in a pile. The stroke felt like a dream. I don’t know how long I stood there. My daughter, Devon, came out to talk to me. I thought I was speaking clearly…
We are the Writing 200 Group from the Aphasia Center of Tucson. We want to write sentences. It’s hard to come up with names. This semester, we wrote stories about our lives. For example, one member wrote about her skydiving trip 6 years ago. We feel very good about all that Fabi and all the…
Bob Hall is a veteran, business owner, stroke survivor, and advocate for aphasia. Bob was born near Niagara Falls in 1943. As a young man he served as a petty officer in the Navy on the following ships: USS Alamo, USS Klondike, USS Summit County. He fought in the Vietnam war. After the war, he…
I graduated high school in 1942. Eight months later I joined the Army. First, in Engineers group and then I went to Michigan to join the Military Police group. I went oversees and arrived in Liverpool, England on June 5, 1944. I was in the service for almost 3 years. I was married for 47…