Resources- Specific Diagnosis Card Catalog- Aphasia

Who to Contact

National Aphasia Association (NAA)
29 John St., Suite 1103
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (800) 922-4622
E-mail: naa@aphasia.org
Web: www.aphasia.org

The NAA's mission is to educate the public to know that the word aphasia describes an impairment of the ability to communicate, not an impairment of intellect. The NAA makes people with aphasia, their families, support systems, and health care professionals aware of resources to recover lost skills to the extent possible, to compensate for skills that will not be recovered and to minimize the psychosocial impact of the language impairment.

Where to go to Chat with Others

Aphasia List
The Aphasia mailing list was set up to share information, experiences, questions, knowledge, feelings, etc. etc. with respect to Aphasia. Aphasia is a language disorder caused by damage to the brain, e.g. by a CVA ('stroke')or by head trauma.A lthough communication will be in written English which may be a problem for many persons with Aphasia, they are specifically encouraged to join and contribute to the list.

Learn More About It

Aphasia
From the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Aphasia
From Amy Lynch

Questions and Answers About Aphasia
From the National Aphasia Association

Aphasia Fact Sheet
From the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Adult Aphasia: Recent Research
From the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Links

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Aphaisa Hope Foundation

National Aphasia Association