YouTube: Broca's aphasia - Sarah Scott

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Sarah had an unexpected ischemic stroke when she was 18. She now suffers from aphasia, a
communication disorder.  A million people in the USA have aphasia, and 250 thousand in the UK.  Every 11 minutes, in the UK, 3 people will have a stroke. One of them will have aphasia.

More young people are suffering strokes. The probable reason for Sarah's stroke was a PFO, a hole in the heart. This was only discovered after the stroke, when Sarah had a barrage of tests to try to find the cause. The hole was closed using an amplatzer device, in November 2009.

We hope that this video might help other young people in a similar situation. I spent hours and hours online, looking for support and answers in the darkest days when Sarah was in hospital.

Please feel free to contact us if you want to!



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Second video showing Sarah's progress after having a stroke at the age of 18.  She still has problems with numbers, reading and writing, as well as speech.   We hope this will be useful for anyone living with aphasia, please feel free to get in touch as we remember what it was like in the early days when we were looking for answers online.



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Sarah recorded this video on 13th May 2011, exactly two years after she suffered a stroke at the age of 18 when she was reading aloud in an English class at school. Sarah has Broca's Aphasia which affects speech, reading and writing. This is the third video showing Sarah's progress so far.