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🧰 Resources for Aphasia Awareness Month
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June is Aphasia Awareness Month, so here are some tools and resources to help you better understand aphasia and spread awareness all month long! 1. 💥 Top 10 Aphasia Myths - Busted!: People may think they know something about aphasia, but some common myths persist. Read about these 10 misconceptions and set the record straight by printing out the free handout. 2. 🧡 Helping Kids Understand Aphasia: There's a wonderful new book out called "Listen With Your Heart: Helping Kids Understand Stroke and Aphasia" by Lisa Samson, SLP. Order a copy for your family or clinic on Amazon with our affiliate link. 3. 🎞️ Aphasia Movie Mondays: Find The National Aphasia Association is showing one aphasia-focused movie every Monday night this month! There are still 3 left: Aphasia the Movie on June 17, When the Words Went Away on June 24, and Pah on July 1. 4. 💬 Talk Tools: The Aphasia Recovery Connection (ARC) has a wealth of printable PDFs called Talk Tools to help people with aphasia navigate communication situations. Download the latest one for Aphasia Awareness! 5. 🎶 Aphasia Pop Song: Turn to YouTube to listen to This is Me, a powerful song that describes the experience of living with aphasia, recorded by the daughter of a woman with aphasia. 6. 🤰 Aphasia Update: And while you're visiting YouTube, check out Sarah Scott's latest yearly update video and exciting news! Sarah had a stroke at just 18 years of age. Now it's 15 years later; see where she's at and how much progress is possible! 7. 📓 Primary Progressive Aphasia Handbook: Download the new and very detailed PPA Guide (it's a big PDF file) from the Australian Aphasia Association. This booklet is all about Primary Progressive Aphasia and what families can do. The more people who know what aphasia is and how to best communicate with those with aphasia, the easier it will be to go out in the community and live life to the fullest with aphasia. What are your favorite resources for Aphasia Awareness? Keep spreading awareness, Megan P.S. Did you notice our new logo and colors? This is the new look for Tactus as we launch our online Virtual Rehab Center this year. We're sending out invitations to select SLPs this summer. Watch your inbox or let me know if you'd like to be invited right away! |
Megan @ Tactus Therapy
I'm a speech-language pathologist & co-founder of Tactus. Tactus offers evidence-based apps for aphasia therapy and lots of free resources, articles, and education - like this newsletter. Sign up to get my updates 1-2 times a month.
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