National Aphasia Awareness Month
June is National Aphasia Awareness Month. Aphasia is an impairment of language that affects comprehension and/or expression along with the ability to read or write. Aphasia is typically caused by injury to the brain, like a stroke or head trauma. It can cause communication to be nearly impossible, or it may be very mild, but it does not affect the intelligence of the person diagnosed. Over 100,000 Americans acquire aphasia each year, making it more common than muscular dystrophy or Parkinson’s disease. Treatments are based on individual needs and cases and often involves caregiver training. The speech-language pathologists at the Speech-Language Institute can provide comprehensive services for patients experiencing aphasia. Join us in raising awareness for this impairment by informing others of aphasia.
source: American Heart Association & National Aphasia Association