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.

Saturday Comics - January 28, 2012

For Better and For Worse  by Lynn Johnston /2006-09-29  

(This a serious topic of stroke but with a very nice cartoons. It is all about Grandpa Jim had a stroke and 88 further cartoon "strips" that happened to Grandpa Jim [4 of the series stroke of 88 -- every week])

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 "and mom? ... I'm so sorry."   

Dilbert               by Scott Adams / 2012-01-21

(Pick The Best Of The Week for your good humour)

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"Now that I'm a top one-percenter, ..."

Garfield            by Jim Davis / 2012-01-26

(Pick The Best Of The Week for your good humour)

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"Do you mind if I gaze into your eyes, ..."

Pickles                 by Brian Crane / 2012-01-23

(Pick The Best Of The Week for your good humour)

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"Do you ever wish you were young again, ..."

* I tried to get low or free price at the people http://www.UniversalUclick.com/ for the images for the cartoons.  It was too high for Stroke Survivors Tattler i.e. we are not a regular newspaper and our budget is very low.  Fortunately, you will have to do only 1-click more to see the cartoon image, it is legit and it is free using  GoComics.com and Dilbert.com.

TechTalk, I CAN Centre for Assistive Technology

Friday 20 April 2012, 9 - 3:30 pm
AAC EXPO 12
Location: Conference Room A,
                Glenrose Hospital,
                Edmonton, Alberta,
                Canada

Plan to attend this special one-day event at the I CAN Centre. We have invited all of the key manufacturers and suppliers across Canada to participate in this full-day event. Product demonstrations will take place throughout the day so plan on attending for the full-day. Display areas will be set up in Conference Room A so that you can meet individually with representatives and have your questions answered.

Come and meet representatives from: Saltillo, Prentke Romich Co, DynaVox, Bridges, Insight Media and more.

This day will be of interest to families, professionals and educators who would like to learn more about AAC technology.

Registration required - No Fee
Registration Deadline: 06 April 2012
Read the full article: TechTalk, I CAN Centre for Assistive Technology.

SRAE Chinese New Year Party - Year of the Dragon

Cold Hemiplegic Arm

Recently on one of the stroke lists, many stroke survivors have been complaining about feeling cold on their hemiplegic side.  My physiotherapist said that after stroke the hemiplegic side is often several degrees cooler because of lack of movement. She said she sometimes judges how much recovery is occurring by observing whether the temperature difference between the two sides normalizes.

This old article actually measured the temperature difference between the hemiplegic arm and the unaffected arm.  So if you are experiencing a temperature difference between the two sides of your body, you are not dreaming—or having unusual symptoms.  Feeling cold on your hemiplegic side may be common after stroke.

See an article The Cold Hemiplegic Arm by Peter Wanklyn et al.

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