A librarian wrote in with a speech therapy question: he has a patron who has pretty strong aphasia, or loss of language
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Harvard Medical School asked me to speak on the first day of their Neurology course.
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Aphasia is an impairment of language and communication. June is National Aphasia Awareness Month.
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Students at the Parsons School of Design in NY have a course in fashion for the disabled. It is in conjunction with MIT's Open Style Lab.
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My two-year-old likes bluegrass, big band and David Bowie.
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My therapists want to see me, but they have to justify it to my health insurance. Which leads to the Insurance Dance.
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I'm in Cosmo Magazine! The editor asked for a StrokeMama story. Here it is....
Perhaps you can relate?
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An amusing etiquette story from the gym. I was walking down the gym stairs while a guy was going up next to me.
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18 inches of snow are expected in Boston today! 46 centimeters! We were going to make a snowman, but my son rejected that idea. We negotiated a snowpuppy. Woof!
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My occupational therapist says certain of my back muscles are weak. She suggested that I pick up a broom and lift it up and down, for a very long time.
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My missing sight keeps getting better! I have vision loss because of my stroke. There is a narrow strip that I cannot see around 6 o’clock of my sight. Occasionally, I drop something small, like a coin, and wonder where it went.
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We spent the holidays with my parents in Los Angeles -- warm and sunny, instead of Boston cold and snowy.
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