An Often-Overlooked Challenge for People Who Cannot Speak: Families and Caregivers Who Hold Them Back People who cannot speak face significant challenges. First, there’s the inescapable fact of their condition. Once upon a time—prior to the stroke, the brain injury,...
Memory Aids and Memory Strategies for People Struggling with Alzheimer’s Disease Normally, in this blog, I stick to topics that revolve around the challenges faced by people who have lost or are losing their ability to communicate through speech. As the creator of...
The Memory Book: A Powerful (Analog or Digital) Communication Tool People may lose their ability to speak for many reasons—a stroke, a traumatic brain injury, a disease such as Parkinson’s or ALS, or age-related cognitive decline (among many others). But while all of...
Don’t Let Dysarthria Symptoms Stop You: A Speech Impairment App May Be the Solution Dysarthria Definition Dysarthria is a condition that occurs when the muscles you use for speech are weak or you have difficulty controlling them. It often causes slurred or slow...
How a Speech Impairment App Can Help You Communicate with a Loved One Who Has Lost Their Speech In my work as a Speech Language Pathologist and in my role as the creator of the AAC app, APP2Speak, I encounter many tragic stories—people who have had strokes, brain...
Compassion Fatigue: Why Caregivers Need to Take Care of Themselves, Too “Is it okay to feel like this?” “I’ve been doing this for a long time. I love them, but I just need a break.” “What’s wrong with me? Am I a terrible person for feeling this way?” If...
