Aphasia

I'd like You to Meet Aphasia

When I met Bruce, nearly six years ago, he had rec more...2 points

When I met Bruce, nearly six years ago, he had recovered a minimally functioning vocabulary at best. He had gone through about four years of speech th...2 points

The Fall

I heard a body hitting the floor and from the kitc more...2 points

I heard a body hitting the floor and from the kitchen I took off towards the bedroom in an old lady version of a triathlon competitor-stiff-knees, mak...2 points

The Ambassador from the Planet Aphasia

Today was get-out-of-the-house day. We've been sno more...2 points

Today was get-out-of-the-house day. We've been snow bound. Oh, not really but it makes a better story than saying we had no place to go since Friday....2 points

MacArthur Park: Lamenting the Loss of Language

Puzzling out the mysteries of MacArthur Park was a more...2 points

Puzzling out the mysteries of MacArthur Park was actually good training for living with my husband's language disorders, aphasic and apraxia. If I had...2 points

The Taming of the Shrew

This article is another in a series of articles th more...2 points

This article is another in a series of articles that takes a humorous look at the life of a couple dealing with the aftermath of a severe stroke and i...2 points

He's in the Dog House Now!

The atmosphere here on the Planet Aphasia is warpi more...2 points

The atmosphere here on the Planet Aphasia is warping my waffles. Don't ask me what that means. If your waffles are warped, too, you'll understand. If...2 points

The Shower Stall Mystery

Then it started---those sound effects, the kind li more...2 points

Then it started---those sound effects, the kind like Meg Ryan made in her famous movie scene where she's faking an orgasm in the restaurant. The first...2 points

Today's Word is 'Aphasia'

According to the National Aphasia Association, an more...2 points

According to the National Aphasia Association, an estimated one million people in the United States have acquired aphasia, or about one in every two-h...2 points

Aphasia is Not Near Fantasia

...As with most newlyweds we struggled to communic more...2 points

...As with most newlyweds we struggled to communicate. For us, though, it was an amusing adventure seldom described in print.2 points

Bobsledding the Staircase

How many ways are there to get a wheelchair bound more...2 points

How many ways are there to get a wheelchair bound husband off from an upper floor of a burning building? This article gives a tongue-in-cheek look at...2 points

Table Talk

There's a line in a 1960s movie that is engraved s more...2 points

There's a line in a 1960s movie that is engraved somewhere in the space between my ears. In 'Two for the Road'---while eating a meal on the French Riv...2 points

A Valentine's Day Love Story: How I Met My Husband

... He handed me a yellow piece of paper on which more...2 points

... He handed me a yellow piece of paper on which he'd written his name and number...2 points

How My Husband's Stroke Changed My Life

My husband had a massive stroke that left him righ more...2 points

My husband had a massive stroke that left him right side paralyzed and with no verbal or written ability to communicate. An event we thought could nev...2 points

How to Be a Good Friend to Someone with Aphasia

Not being able to communicate in the normal way br more...2 points

Not being able to communicate in the normal way brings on a devastating sense of isolation for people with aphasia and it often causes severe depressi...2 points

StrokeNet Message Board

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Aphasia Now

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Aphasia Hope Foundation

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American Stroke Association

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National Stroke Association: Information on Stroke Prevention, Stroke Risk Factors, Stroke Symptoms, and Stroke Recovery

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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Stroke information sheet compiled by the National more...1 point

Stroke information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).1 point

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada - Heart Disease, Stroke and Healthy Living

The Heart and Stroke Foundation provides informati more...1 point

The Heart and Stroke Foundation provides information about heart, stroke and healthy living in Canada1 point

The Stroke Association - UK

Homepage for The Stroke Association website. Learn more...1 point

Homepage for The Stroke Association website. Learn more about stroke1 point

Chest Heart and Stroke - Scotland

Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland aims to improve th more...1 point

Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland aims to improve the quality of life for people living in Scotland affected by chest, heart and stroke conditions.1 point

The Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke Association.

The aim of the Northern Ireland Chest Heart and St more...1 point

The aim of the Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke Association is to promote the prevention of and alleviate the suffering resulting from chest, h...1 point

EUSI - the European Stroke Initiative

The European Stroke Initiative. Our aim is to impr more...1 point

The European Stroke Initiative. Our aim is to improve and optimise stroke management in Europe through educational programmes, both for healthcare pro...1 point

National Stroke Foundation - Australia

Patient level information on stroke, as well as li more...1 point

Patient level information on stroke, as well as links and contact information for stroke support groups throughout Australia.1 point

Stroke and Chiropractors

In the early morning hours of a cold day in Novemb more...0 points

In the early morning hours of a cold day in November of last year, I woke up to use the bathroom and promptly fell to the floor, waking my wife. Sever...0 points