increasing community awareness of aphasia

Increasing community awareness of aphasia

Imagine waking up one day having lost your ability to use and understand language..

..welcome to the world of

aphasia

Incidence and prevalence

• Aphasia has a high incidence

• 8600 people per year acquire aphasia

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Funding

• There is a direct relationship between the

public awareness of a condition and the

funding and services that are provided for

that condition.

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What is aphasia?

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Aphasia is a language disorder

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Aphasia can involve difficulties with..

Talking Reading

Listening Writing

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Symptoms of aphasia

Difficulties with:

• Putting thoughts into words

• Understanding words

• Reading and writing

• Speaking fluently

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Aphasia is NOT..

• An intellectual disability

• An articulation problem

• A coordination problem

• A hearing or vision problem

• A voice problem

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Who can acquire aphasia?

• Aphasia knows no boundaries

• Anyone can be affected

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What causes aphasia?

• Damage to the language centres in the brain

• Caused by

Stroke

Head injury

Tumour

dementia

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Living with aphasia

• Changes total life experience

• Aphasia constantly presents challenges

throughout life.

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Personal experience of aphasia

• Discussion with a person with aphasia.

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