Aphasia – what is that? Aphasia is the inability to communicate with speech. Someone can be completely aphasic, unable to speak at all, or they can be aphasic in such a way that they’re speaking, but they’re not making much sense to the listener.
People with aphasia haven’t lost their mental capacity. Unless they’ve had some sort of head trauma that caused more damage to their brain, their intelligence is left intact. That’s what can make aphasia all that more cruel. They can think, but they can’t let you know what they’re thinking. Remember that as frustrating as it is for …read more

Dick Clark, the perennially youthful 78 year old American television host who had a major stoke in 2004, made an appearance on his New Year’s Eve show a few days ago.
While he looks better (to me, anyway), he still has significant speech issues that make some people uncomfortable.
There’s an interesting discussion at Boomer Chronicles about whether or not he should have made the television appearance.
I must admit, I was uncomfortable when he first began speaking, but, then I realized I didn’t know why I felt that way, and, he quite frankly sounded a lot better than he did …read more