What is Aphasia?
Answers to frequently asked questions about aphasia
Aphasia Institute
An aphasia friendly explanation of aphasia
https://www.aphasia.ca/i-have-aphasia/what-is-aphasia-af/
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Aphasia Readers
Workbooks to work on dialogues, reading and writing
https://aphasiareaders.com/
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Aphasia Reconnect
An aphasia friendly guidebook to aphasia
This is a pdf file
https://aphasiareconnect.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/AphasiaInformationPack.pdf
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Open Letter from Harvey N. Alter
An open letter from the founder of IAM eloquently describes the challenges faced by people with aphasia, and simple things we can all do to help
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What Can People with Aphasia Do?
People with aphasia can still do many of the activities that they enjoy. Get some ideas here.
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People with Aphasia
Some people have accomplished amazing things after suffering aphasia. Find out more about what is possible here.
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Videos
People with aphasia talk about aphasia and its effect on their lives.
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Aphasia Organizations
Groups that are working to make life better for people with aphasia.
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Aphasia ID Card
https://theaphasiacenter.com/pocket-card/
Enter the information on the website, and then print out a wallet sized ID card with tips for communicating customized for you.
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How to Create Aphasia Friendly Resources – a Guide
from Voices of Hope for Aphasia
https://www.vohaphasia.org/make-written-material-aphasia-friendly-guide/
Aphasia Friendly
http://www.aphasiafriendly.co/
A website maintained by a speech-language pathologist with aphasia friendly resources.
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Aphasia Friendly Health information
https://www.med.unc.edu/healthsciences/sphs/card/resources/aphasia-friendly-printed-material/
Information about aphasia and other health inforomation in aphasia friendly format
Algunos materiales están disponibles en español
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The Aphasia Toolbox
Downloadable communication cards and information sheets
https://aphasiareaders.com/aphasia-resource-toolbox/
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Champlain Regional Stroke Network
bilingual resources in English and French
ressources bilingues en anglais et en français
These are handouts to provide information and help communication with people with aphasia
Il s’agit de documents destinés à fournir des renseignements et à faciliter la communication avec les personnes aphasiques.
They are in editable PowerPoint format
Ils sont en format PowerPoint modifiable
https://crsn.ca/en/clinical-tools-resources/clinical-tools-resources-4/19-english/151-aphasia-friendly-toolkit
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Communication Boards
Three communication boards – alphabet, time/dates/money
in multiple languages – English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
https://aphasiafriendlycanada.ca/communication-tools/
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Communication Support Tools and communication cards
In English and Welsh
From Stroke.org in the United Kingdom
https://www.stroke.org.uk/stroke/effects/aphasia/communication-tools
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Functional Communication
The Aphasia Network communication sheets
http://theaphasianetwork.wixsite.com/aphasia/communication-tools
Free downloadable pdf’s with photos and a few words to assist with communication
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National Aphasia Association
Workbooks and software to help communication and aphasia recovery
https://aphasia.org/tools-technology/
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Participics
https://www.participics.ca/
Graphics and booklets to help communication
NYC Aphasia Groups 