Giving Tuesday Challenge
Our Giving Tuesday Challenge is coming up. Giving Tuesday is a day dedicated to radical generosity held every year on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. It was created in 2012 as…
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Get to Know Tom Boyle
When did you have your stroke? I had my stroke on September 15, 2000, while golfing. What was your occupation? I was working at Culligan Water as a sales manager.…
Why Play Games?
Why play games? Games aren't just fun. Games also allow people with aphasia to practice reading, math, and socialization skills. Games can help restore lost skills, such as sequencing, numbers,…
Supporting Intimacy in Aphasia
Supporting intimacy in aphasia sounds like this is an article about sex. But intimacy is the relationship between intimate partners as it relates to the physical (sexual contact) and emotional…
Medicare Caregiver Training Program
The Medicare Caregiver Training Program has proposed family caregiver training provided at no cost to caregivers. Although these measures do not help to get the family caregiver monetary resources, it…
What is Conduction Aphasia?
Conduction aphasia, also called associative aphasia, is an uncommon form of difficulty in speaking. It is caused by damage to the parietal lobe of the brain. Affected people can fully understand…
Get to Know Jim Kasper
Name: Jim Kasper When did you have your stroke? June 2, 2021 What was your occupation? Software Developer for Medical Billings Systems What are your favorite activities now? Watching my wife. I…
What is Transcortical Sensory Aphasia?
Transcortical sensory aphasia involves damage to specific areas of the brain's temporal lobe, resulting in symptoms such as poor auditory comprehension, relatively intact repetition, and fluent speech. TSA is a…
HOPE Stroke Support Group at Manatee Memorial Hospital
The HOPE Stroke Support Group at Manatee Memorial Hospital (MMH) is a stroke support group for stroke survivors and their caregivers. HOPE stands for Healing, Optimism, Positivity, and Encouragement. Three…
What is Transcortical Motor Aphasia?
Transcortical Motor Aphasia, also known as commissural dysphasia or white matter dysphasia, results from damage to the language-dominant hemisphere in the anterior superior frontal lobe. Transcortical Motor Aphasia is classified…
Aphasia Community Center’s 5th Birthday!
Dear Friends, it's the Aphasia Community Center's 5th Birthday. We hope you'll help us celebrate our first 5 years with a donation of "5." Make it your kind of "5"…
Symptoms of Aphasia
Symptoms of aphasia
The Good Enough Principle
The Good Enough Principle refers to the idea that progress is a better goal than perfection in our role as co-survivors and caregivers. In reality, no one is perfect. But…
Get to Know Leonard Lizaso
Name: Leonard Lizaso When did you have your stroke? February 19, 2021 What was your occupation? Registered Nurse What are your favorite activities now? Gardening, cooking, carpentry, fixing car What piece of advice would…
What is Apraxia of Speech?
Apraxia of speech, also called verbal apraxia, is a loss of speech ability from a brain injury such as stroke. A person with apraxia of speech has trouble saying what…
