Aphasia Awareness Month Q&A: Myths, Carer Support, Recovery, and the Future
About this episode
The episode features a Q&A on aphasia during Aphasia Awareness Month, discussing myths, carer support, recovery, and future perspectives.
Send us Fan Mail Aphasia Awareness Month Q&A: Myths, Carer Support, Recovery, and the Future During Aphasia Awareness Month, the podcast hosts a Q&A on aphasia—an often overlooked language disorder affecting speaking, understanding, reading, and writing, commonly after stroke or brain injury—with more than 350,000 people living with it in the UK. Guest Ann Hirons shares a carer’s perspective, discussing how aphasia is treated as a secondary condition, its “quiet crisis” impact on ide...
People in this episode
Hosts: Jonathan Hirons, Rob Edwards
Guest: Ann Hirons
Topics covered
- aphasia
- carer support
- recovery
- myths
- language disorder
- stroke
- brain injury
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Aphasia Awareness Month
Places: UK
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