Talking About Aphasia: Living With Loss of Language After Stroke

This book is about living with aphasia -- a language impairment which can result from a stroke. Drawing on in-depth interviews with fifty aphasic people, it explores the experience of aphasia from the dramatic onset of stroke and loss of language to the gradual revelation of its long term consequences. The story is told from the point of view of the aphasic and describes the impact aphasia has on their employment, education, leisure activities, finances, personal relationships, and identity. They describe their changing needs and how well these needs have been met by health and social care, and other services. They also talk about what aphasia means to them barriers encountered in everyday life, and how they cope.