Links & Resources

National Aphasia Association

American Speech and Hearing Association

Aphasia Corner Blog

Aphasia Hope Foundation

National Stroke Association

American Stroke Association  

National Institutes of Health

Social Security Disability for People with Strokes:

The Social Security and Disability Resource Center website provides information on the federal government's two disability benefit programs, title II social security disability benefits and title 16 SSI disability benefits.  Covered topics include disability applications, denials on claims, the filing of appeals, and how the disability claim evaluation process works.

Website:
http://www.ssdrc.com

 The direct link for people with strokes is: http://www.ssdrc.com/stroke.html

Western Carolina University
WCU Individual Treatment Clinic
Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders

The WCU Individual Treatment Clinic is a free speech-language therapy program available to persons with acquired communication disorders, such as aphasia, apraxia of speech, and dysarthria, following a stroke, brain injury, or progressive neurologic disease. Under the supervision of WCU faculty, graduate student clinicians will provide individual speech and language therapy tailored to the client’s unique communication needs.

For information about the program, please contact Dr. Leigh Odom by email (KMOdom@email.wcu.edu ) or by phone (828-227-3834).

To schedule an appointment, please contact Lili Acheson in the WCU Speech and Hearing Center by phone at (828) 227-7251. 

Books on Aphasia and Its Treatment

 Manual of Aphasia And Aphasia Therapy
by Nancy Helm-Estabrooks & Martin L. Albert
Pro Ed (October 2004)
List Price: $63.90

One Hundred Names for Love:
A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing
by Diane Ackerman
List Price: $17.79