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The Aphasia Handbook : A Guide for Stroke and Brain Injury Survivors and Their Families" was edited and adapted by Martha Taylor Sarno, MA, MD (hon) and Joan F. Peters, Esq. Published by the National Aphasia Association.

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What is Aphasia?
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WHAT IS APHASIA?
Aphasia is an acquired communication disorder that
impairs a person's ability to process language,
but does not affect intelligence.
Aphasia impairs the ability to speak and understand others, and
most people with aphasia experience difficulty reading and writing.

More about Aphasia
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Aphasia Bill of Rights
Guideposts for Communicating __________________________________________________________________________________

NAA NEWS
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	The NAA's Summer 2009 Newsletter is Here! Click here to read about both of our Summer Groups of the Month, the role of a Social Worker in the life of a person with aphasia, and find out more information about Speaking Out! @ The Midwest Conference! Click here to read older issues of the NAA Newsletter! Click here to see our Groups of the Month!
	The NAA, DaZy Aphasia Center & Univ of Toledo presents... Speaking Out! @ The Midwest Conference Registration has started for our regional aphasia conference, which will be held October 18th - 20th, 2009 in Toledo, OH. Click here for more information
	NAA's Emergency Responder Project Read how you can help people with aphasia around the United States by training Emergency Personnel! Click here for more information
	APHASIA AWARENESS MONTH 2009 This year's theme is A.R.T.S.: Aphasia Recovery Through the Senses - check out all the ways people are celebrating Awareness Month! Don't forget to let us know how you decided to spread awareness. Awareness Month Activities Page
	"My Stroke" by Don Weinstein, Ph.D. for $20 Check out our newest memoir by a person living successfully with aphasia. Don describes it as "a chronology of the monthly activities, feeling and thoughts after my stroke and the assistance I received from professionals, loved ones and supporters." Click here to order!
	CONGRESS ONCE AGAIN PROCLAIMS JUNE 2009 APHASIA AWARENESS MONTH! Click Here to Read More!
	NAA ATTENDS ASHA'S 2008 Conference in Chicago! Click Here to see the pictures!
	The Multicultural Task Force needs your input! Let us know how the NAA can further help bilingual persons with aphasia. E-mail Ellayne Ganzfried, Executive Director, at ganzfried@aphasia.org with your thoughts or questions. Click here for more information about the MTF and to see Aphasia in other languages!
	Represent Your State! Want to help people with aphasia? Sign up to answer your state's aphasia questions! Click here for details
	Designer Jewelry Proceeds to Support NAA! Alexis Sky, Marymount College Alum, will donate profits from her Aquamarine Clusters Necklace. Details Here!

The NAA thanks the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago through Grant Number H133B031127 from the
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, US Department of Education,
Washington, DC, and the Kantor Foundation for supporting this web site.

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