Category: Aphasia Awareness
That’s a Fact! Quick Tips for Aphasia-Friendly Communication
The good news is that you already do aphasia-friendly communication in your day-to-day life, you just don’t realize it. We’ve created two posts to help you separate fact from fiction when it comes to best practices. We’ve rounded up some …
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Cognitive Changes with Multiple Sclerosis
One of the most common symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is cognitive changes; in fact, more than 50% of individuals with the disease experience some form of cognitive decline. Cognitive impairment may impact the following areas:(1) Information processing: making sense …
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Aphasia Awareness Month
June marks the month for National Aphasia Awareness, a condition that impacts up to 40% of individuals who have a stroke.1 What is aphasia? According to the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA), aphasia is a speech and language disorder …
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Aphasia is the impairment to communicate, affecting speech and sometimes writing, due to a brain injury. Aphasia typically affects those who have had a stroke, head trauma, brain tumor, Alzheimer’s, neurological disorder or other ailments that may injure the brain. …
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