In November of 2004, Zettie Williams confronted what neurologists consider one of the most feared consequences of stroke. When a therapist showed her a photograph of her son, she knew she was looking at her son, but she couldn’t say his name. Ms. Williams was suffering from aphasia, a language impairment that makes communication difficult….
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Johan de Roos can’t always get the words out. He developed a speech disorder known as aphasia after suffering a stroke four years ago. Now he and his wife, Susan, work to educate police, firefighters and other emergency personnel about how to communicate with people with aphasia in emergency situations. http://bit.ly/gu0212 Publication: Cincinnati Enquirer
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