Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
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"Understanding Aphasia"--Free Aphasia Awareness event at George Mason University and the Hayden Center, Thursday, June 10 at 7:00 PM EDT with Tom Broussard and General Michael Hayden
Dear Friends, This coming Thursday, June 10th at 7:00 PM (Eastern), there will be a panel discussion entitled "Understanding Aphasia" hosted by the Michael V. Hayden Center For Intelligence, Policy, and International Security. General Michael...
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Exciting Support Network Updates
To the Support Network community, In case you missed our previous post, there are some exciting changes coming to the Support Network! We’re adding great new features that will strengthen the community as a whole and provide a better experience...
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Aphasia Recovery: Motivation and The Little Engine That Could (6-1-2021)
Dear AHA Friends and Colleagues, I had a stroke and aphasia on September 26, 2011. I was an associate dean at The Heller School at Brandeis University when I fell down on Main Street, Waltham, MA. I lost my language and could not read, write or speak...
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A new and improved Support Network is coming!
Be sure to check out the new blog to learn about exciting upgrades coming soon!
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Aphasia Recovery & Coppicing Trees: Regrowing the Learning Field
Dear AHA/ASA Friends and Colleagues, We went to visit Celebration Tree Farm & Yoga, a tree farm in Maine, to cut down our tree for Christmas last year. It is a beautiful place with an old (but sturdy) barn and several walking trails taking you
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The Rosetta Stone of Aphasia Recovery: Persistent and Repetitive Language Activities
Dear AHA/ASA Friends and Colleagues, I had a small, clay model of the Rosetta Stone when I was young. It had letters on one side and was blank on the other. I would rub the stone in my pocket and could feel the letters, knowing that it was written
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Stroke and Aphasia Recovery: Metaphors Help Us Mend…and Learn
Dear AHA/ASA friends, A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things that provide the hidden similarities between them. I had used plenty of metaphors in my life (before my stroke) but I never thought of it as a “thing.”...
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Russian Dolls: The Nested Attributes of Aphasia & Recovery
Dear AHA/ASA Friends, The metaphor of a Russian (or nested) doll is a large part of our public consciousness to help understand one difficult problem or another to be solved. After my stroke and while still unable to express my thoughts (about my...
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Carotid endarterectomy decisions to make
Dear Friends, After a very recent TIA, it was suggested that I look into Carotid Artery procedures to compress or remove plaque from my right carotid which is currently 68% blocked. My left carotid has almost no plaque. There is no evidence,...
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Aphasia Recovery & Word-Finding: Neural Knitting by Any Other Name
Dear AHA Friends, It is impossible for me to describe the process of how my brain got better. It is just as difficult to try to explain how knitting works. Like many things, the process of learning is through experiencing the process itself. The process...
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