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Aphasia Access is a clearinghouse for aphasia news relating to the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA). Many of these resources are available without cost as part of our mission to grow a network of healthcare, business and community leaders committed to advancing lifelong communication access for people with aphasia.
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2017
Finding the Words, One at a Time (The College of Saint Rose, March) UCF Professor on a Mission to Communicate Aphasia to the World (Orlando Sentinel, April) Aphasia Spotlight: Brooks Rehabilitation Aphasia Center (Lingraphica, April) Usan la realidad virtual para ayudar a pacientes de afasia (Using Virtual Reality to Help Patients with Aphasia) (Orlando Sentinel, April) With Art, Words are not Required (Innovation, June) NASA Engineer Leaves a Legacy with STARS (NBC2, June) People With Aphasia Get Voices Heard at NCGA (North Carolina Health News, June) Woody Durham Joins Governor Roy Cooper for Aphasia Awareness (Raleigh News & Observer, June) Community Heroes: TAP Unlimited’s Maura Silverman (Carolina Family Estate Planning, June) UCF Center Helps Woman Regain Her Voice (Orlando Sentinel, July) Jacksonville’s Brooks Rehab Opens First Area Center for Patients with Aphasia Speech Disorder (Jacksonville.com, July) Aphasia Spotlight: Triangle Aphasia Project in North Carolina (Lingraphica, July)2016
Singing In The Key of Aphasia (StrokeConnection, Summer) Finding Their Voice: Aphasia Patients At CSU East Bay Form Singing Group (NBC Bay Area, January) How Aphasia Helped Me Communicate With My Mother (Huffington Post, February) Aphasia is a Little-Known, yet Growing, Health Problem (Philly.com, March) Developing Resilience: A Mother’s Perspective (StrokeConnection, April) CSUEB’s Aphasia Tones Strikes New Notes With an Addition to the Program (CSU East Bay, June) Bob and Nancy Know What True Love Sounds Like (Tampa Bay Times, July) Jacksonville’s Brooks Rehab opens first area center for patients with aphasia speech disorder (Florida Times Union, Jacksonville Newspaper, July) Caring for a Survivor with Aphasia (StrokeConnection, Fall)