My experience of aphasia In early 2024, I was diagnosed with Wernicke’s aphasia by a speech and language therapist, although my written and verbal speech had been negatively impacted since the middle of 2020. This 2024 diagnosis was a positive intervention in my four year health saga to have my neurological symptoms be seen as a physical, not psychological, issue. In the middle of 2020 I had an experience in my workplace where I didn’t understand what my manager was saying to me. I understood the topic. I could [...]

Di has Aphasia caused by Migraines My experience with aphasia and a tribute to my late husband, who helped me through the trauma. In December 2021, my beloved husband of 20 years died suddenly at the age of 71. It was a terrible shock, of course, but the biggest thing for me was losing my rock, the guy who understood me, the beautiful soul who was patient and kind. In 2000 I separated from my first husband after 25 years of marriage. It had been a traumatic marriage for various [...]

Living with Aphasia: Colin and Fiona ‘I have aphasia, it makes it hard for me to communicate sometimes because the language part of my brain was affected by a massive stroke. Communication allows people to know me – so struggling can affect how people see me and treat me and also how I feel about myself. It can be really frustrating – knowing exactly what I want to say and just NOT BEING ABLE TO GET MY BRAIN TO GIVE ME THE WORDS I WANT!! The good news is, [...]

Roger suffered a stroke in May 2007, which left him with aphasia. Below is Roger’s story, in his own words. Today is the annual of my head trauma – my stroke. Fortunately I had no physical impairment, but I lost all but all (sic) language – couldn’t speak, write or read and couldn’t remember of even (sic) the simplest of words. In the medical jargon, it has aphasia (sic). I spent 5 weeks in hospital. Initially no one knew what my prognosis was. But I got, and still am [...]