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So I'll start a thread that provides more information about #aphasia...
Feel free to ask any specific Qs you may have...
Aphasia is caused by an acquired brain injury, most commonly #stroke. Around 1/3 of people with left hemisphere stroke can have aphasia. Over time, the severity of the aphasia and type may change but many people live with aphasia.
Here are a couple of YouTube clips that talk more about #aphasia, posting them again here for ease of reference:


This award-winning video by @shireeheath explains aphasia from a child's perspective:
There are different types of aphasia and aphasia can differ in severity. Global #aphasia is caused by an extensive lesion that affects both language comprehension and production. Other commonly known types are Wernicke's aphasia and Broca's aphasia. aphasia.org/aphasia-defini…
Here's a person with 'fluent' #aphasia - from @TactusTherapy
Here's a person with nonfluent aphasia - also from @TactusTherapy
This great aphasia simulations site from @aphasiacorner tries to teach ppl about the experience of a person with #aphasia: twitter.com/aphasiacorner
If you meet a person with #aphasia, there are things you can do to facilitate communication: aphasia.org/aphasia-resour…
More tips for communicating with a person with #aphasia:
tactustherapy.com/5-ways-to-help…
There are things that even #health professionals can do to improve communication with people with #aphasia to ensure they get all the information they need:
There are evidence based communication partner training programs to help improve communication with people with #aphasia: aphasia.ca/communicative-…
Why do we need more awareness about #aphasia? Because not enough people know about it! See these survey results from @NatAphasiaAssoc
aphasia.org/2016-aphasia-a…
This lack of awareness of #aphasia occurs in many places across the globe:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…
@AphasiaUnited "is a world-leading international organisation that is driving change by uniting the global aphasia community". They "are an umbrella organisation that represents the collective voices of existing aphasia organisations throughout the world."
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