AITKIN — Aphasia affects each person differently — but one point is clear: it’s a loss of language, not intelligence. “There are varying degrees of aphasia,” explained Riverwood Healthcare Center ...
In 1983, Howard Blatt was a middle-aged married father working as an electrical engineer at MIT when he collapsed in his kitchen. He'd had a stroke. That health catastrophe left him with a paralyzed ...
Howard Blatt, who died last month, co-founded an aphasia support group that many stroke survivors say rescued them from isolation. If you know somebody who's had a stroke and now has trouble speaking ...
The Bassett Healthcare Network Speech Department announced it will launch a monthly community support group for anyone navigating the challenges aphasia—whether they be living with aphasia themselves ...
If you know somebody who's had a stroke and now has trouble speaking or reading or writing, they probably have aphasia. That's a brain disorder that robs people of their ability to communicate. Howard ...