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A stroke of misfortune Just the Job: In National Stroke Week, Hilary Whitney meets the specialists who treat aphasia - an isolating condition that robs victims of the power to use language
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APHASIA is a stroke-related disability that affects nearly one-
third of the 100,000 people in England and Wales who have a stroke
each year. It affects a person's ability to use and understand words
and the consequences can be life-changing.
Staff at Connect, a charity for people with aphasia, are dedicated
to addressing the difficulties that sufferers face and finding
practical solutions to everyday problems.
Speech therapist Natasha Greensite worked in the acute stroke ward
at St George's Hospital, Tooting, before joining Connect. "One of the
good things about speech therapy is that there ...
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