What is Aphasia?
Do you know what aphasia is? Have you ever heard of that disorder? Do you know that there are more people in the United States that have aphasia Asia because of either stroke or brain trauma than people with Parkinson in the United States? But except for an important I shouldn't say important, but a famous person having this disorder. Remember Michael J. Fox with the disorder that he had? And then recently Bruce Willis was diagnosed with aphasia. But do people in America even know what aphasia is?
Debra Barb
@RumpelSoulSkin · 1:10
So I don't have Aphasia, but I did have a year and a half battle with long haul covet, and the brain fog component of that really made communicating difficult for me at times. So I had a little taste of one of the symptoms or presentations of Aphasia, and it was one of the most frustrating aspects of my life. So I really feel for anyone who has this condition, and I would love to be an ally and learn more about it
Nobody has a clue that this even exists and instead makes it out to be an excuse or not a real thing, let alone aphasia for myself being autistic when I'm overstimulated, overwhelmed, my brain cannot compute and I start to speak in stutters or can't reach for words. And it becomes overwhelming thing. It's that people don't understand and think I'm putting it on
Hi. Thanks so very much for responding to the what is this called? A swell about aphasia. And yes, it is considered an invisible disorder. So I thank you. I will listen again to your response. One of the things with aphasia is sometimes language, if it's too fast, I have to relisten to it several times, like with my voice message on the phone or whatever. So you put some really good things there. It just was very fast for my head
I am so sorry. I didn't realize. Neglected to realize until afterwards that you may experience aphasia yourself. And I can speak slower. And I do the same thing. I listen to swell again and again. To catch things or to understand better. Yes. At your leisure? Yeah. And if I end up speaking too fast again, please say so. If I speak too slowly, please let me know. Thank you
Lance Watson
@lwatsonjr · 2:06
And I would love to hear more about it so that I might cultivate some sensitivity and awareness of it and maybe look for ways to be supportive and to be helpful, even if it's by proliferating and helping people to understand that this thing is going on and there are people right around us that are impacted by it. Really, really do appreciate these types of posts, especially being able to learn something new. Thank you. Bye
A lot of people, not a lot, but I'll just say I'm sure a lot of people have issues with communication, may be misdiagnosed, but after a stroke, there should certainly be assessments and evaluations of every person just to see if they do or do not have aphasia. Out of all of the people, let's say 100 people who had a stroke today, 33% of them will have aphasia. So it's very common. It happens a lot
Hey, how we doing? So sorry. It took me a little bit to get back to you. That's part of the thing. The brain fatigue and issues with reading and processing language. So if I'm really if it's usually in the morning, I'm fresh and I can think and read and write, as I get more fatigue, it's more issues. So I kind of lost track of what I was saying. Hold on
I've taught kids with emotional disturbance, autism, learning disabilities, that kind of stuff. I've worked with gifted students in mathematics, writing, and I've just always been an educator. Ever since I was a child, I've been teaching communication disorders. Really kind of jacked that up when you're trying to present because you may not be able to say it, and you certainly have issues with writing it, and then your process perceptions can be messed up
Let's say even just a fire or something. Am I going to do what I need to do to keep those kids safe? And then again, there's so much going on in schools nowadays, not just the violence and things, but now teachers. You've got to teach on the zoom while you've got a classroom in front of you. And what if the kids are sick? What about their Germs? I remember back even just thinking about when the kids what is that called? Nosebleed
Debra Barb
@RumpelSoulSkin · 4:55
And be like, oh, alright, I'm going to get on my credit card. And I would kind of stand there and really look at this machine and not know what to do with it. I used to know how to do this and now I'm like, how does this thing work?
And I know that many will learn from the messages you share overtly and even in just being who you are you are. So thank you for being here on Swell and for sharing. And I look forward to hearing more from you. Bye
Jack .
@zejacques · 1:26
Hey, Denise, it's Jack here. First of all, welcome to Swell. And second of all, thank you for sharing about, you know, what you do and also the condition of of aphasia. I must admit I didn't know what it was similar to a few people on the phone calls that responded. I took the time to listen to many of the responses I heard about Bruce Willis and his condition. I didn't realize that that was a fascia
And what's interesting, what you said about the stuttering, some of the actual ways that the words are trying to be made in your mouth when you're saying them. For people who have aphasia or I also have been diagnosed with aphasia, which is a communication disorder, but that has more to do with the muscles in the tongue, the mouth, the throat, and your brain. And the muscles don't work in sync