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Cutting the Risk of Recurrent Stroke

Dr Robert Welding

Any person who has suffered a stroke or a mini-stroke will need risk factors assessed by a doctor to reduce the chance of another attack..

A Rose By Any Other Name Is All Greek To Some

Prof Chris Code


How do you describe a person with aphasia? Is it important to you how people with aphasia are described? Do you say, for instance, that ..

Functional Electrical Stimulation

Geraldine Mann


At the National Clinical FES Centre in Salisbury we assess and treat people with Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES). This can help people who have had damage to their brain such as a stroke, to move more easily..

Making information 'aphasia-friendly'

Alex Stirling


.. hospital groups need a person with aphasia to help advise on how to make information 'aphasia- friendly'.

Dysphasia Therapy within Private Practice

Geraldine Wotton


I became a private practitioner some 8 years ago .. being committed to the ethos of the NHS going into private practice was a difficult choice.. however I believe that being in private practice means I am in a better position to undertake the job more effectively..

Communication + Confidence in Aphasia

Jan Logan


City Lit, London: we offer two courses for people with aphasia. We also offer support for people with aphasia wishing to attend courses in the main programme.

ABI College, Evesham, UK

Sally Rudd


The Evesham ABI Education Centre provides education for people who have had a stroke or head injury.. courses include art, woodwork, discussion groups, a variety of communication and literacy groups, computer courses and appropriate exercise programmes and a course to help people learn about their brains and its function. . students work at their own pace, on their own projects ..

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