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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