{"id":1252,"date":"2021-05-26T10:43:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T14:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pact\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2021-05-26T10:44:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T14:44:31","slug":"helpful-strategies-for-understanding-aphasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pact\/2021\/05\/26\/helpful-strategies-for-understanding-aphasia\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpful Strategies for Understanding Aphasia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1252\" class=\"elementor elementor-1252\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-507c9801 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"507c9801\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46d0a64e\" data-id=\"46d0a64e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36128eff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36128eff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Looking back at a time when I first had my stroke, I remember feeling so confused, so alone, and so hurt. I was crying all the time. It was much harder to read, write, spell and to calculate numbers. Now that I have been living with aphasia, I have found that I can talk about it with more understanding. People with aphasia have injury to the left side of the brain and they have difficulty producing or understanding language. I have a very mild form of aphasia however, there is still so much to learn and to understand about the condition.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Some people may find it hard accepting the fact that their lives have changed so drastically. Having the support and encouragement of family and friends is very important. <\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>When you have aphasia, it is meaningful to know that you are being listened to and understood.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>I came up with a slogan. <em> Keep going, push through, you&#8217;re still<\/em> <em>you. <\/em>That was an encouraging reminder to let me know that yes, I can still do it. I found strategies to help me adapt other methods, for making aphasia easier.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Now, I find that I am truly learning to cope with doing things differently. After having a stroke, it gets easier to deal with this challenge called <em>Aphasia. <\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Strategies to help<\/p><ul><li>Getting involved with a support group for socialization, such as PACT<\/li><li>Friendship with others who have aphasia<\/li><li>Writing what you want to say<\/li><li>Taking a breath before speaking<\/li><li>When receiving directions, ask people to speak slowly<\/li><li>Pray more<\/li><\/ul><p style=\"text-align: right\">by Jeanette<\/p><p style=\"text-align: right\">Originally Published in PACT 2018 Newsletter<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking back at a time when I first had my stroke, I remember feeling so confused, so alone, and so hurt. I was crying all the time. It was much&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pact\/2021\/05\/26\/helpful-strategies-for-understanding-aphasia\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Helpful Strategies for Understanding Aphasia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9538,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-1252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9538"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1252"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/pact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=1252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}