After canoeing 230 miles down the Yukon River, the author woke up speechless. An aphasic stroke had taken her words. Without words, she learned to speak, read and write again. "Crossing the Void: My Aphasic Journey" is the story of her courageous journey back. It tells of strategies that might help others, takes the reader into her aphasic mind, and provides fascinating insights into the workings of a damaged brain driven to regain normalcy. It is an inspiring story of a woman determined to overcome a major disability and now, to help others do so as well.
Aphasia, without speech, caused by brain injury, stroke, or birth defect affects 1 of 250 Americans. Aphasia’s wordlessness is bewildering not only to the victims, but also to those who interact with them. The victims can not speak and those most needed to support them do not comprehend their special needs. Each group finds itself in an awkward, uncomfortable communicative vacuum that too often leaves the victims feeling ignored and abandoned.
Few professional providers, family members and friends are prepared for this sense of discomfiture. They would feel more at ease and have more empathy had they been aphasic. But as that should not be anyone’s fate, Crossing the Void offers the next best alternative. As can only be told by one who has been there, Ms. Schultz describes each stage of her aphasia; the onset of her stroke, her medical and speech therapy experiences, the social and psychological aspects of living with aphasia and the painstaking learning process that enabled her to move from being a person without words to becoming an author.
"Crossing the Void", meant to offer hope to the aphasic, also offers valuable insights to the medical and speech personnel who serve them, family members and friends who interact with them and the general public who wonder about them.
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Aphasia, without speech, caused by brain injury, stroke, or birth defect affects 1 of 250 Americans. Aphasia’s wordlessness is bewildering not only to the victims, but also to those who interact with them. The victims can not speak and those most needed to support them do not comprehend their special needs. Each group finds itself in an awkward, uncomfortable communicative vacuum that too often leaves the victims feeling ignored and abandoned.
Few professional providers, family members and friends are prepared for this sense of discomfiture. They would feel more at ease and have more empathy had they been aphasic. But as that should not be anyone’s fate, Crossing the Void offers the next best alternative. As can only be told by one who has been there, Ms. Schultz describes each stage of her aphasia; the onset of her stroke, her medical and speech therapy experiences, the social and psychological aspects of living with aphasia and the painstaking learning process that enabled her to move from being a person without words to becoming an author.
"Crossing the Void", meant to offer hope to the aphasic, also offers valuable insights to the medical and speech personnel who serve them, family members and friends who interact with them and the general public who wonder about them.
Crossing the Void: My Aphasic Journey
After canoeing 230 miles down the Yukon River, the author woke up speechless. An aphasic stroke had taken her words. Without words, she learned to speak, read and write again. "Crossing the Void: My Aphasic Journey" is the story of her courageous journey back. It tells of strategies that might help others, takes the reader into her aphasic mind, and provides fascinating insights into the workings of a damaged brain driven to regain normalcy. It is an inspiring story of a woman determined to overcome a major disability and now, to help others do so as well.
Aphasia, without speech, caused by brain injury, stroke, or birth defect affects 1 of 250 Americans. Aphasia’s wordlessness is bewildering not only to the victims, but also to those who interact with them. The victims can not speak and those most needed to support them do not comprehend their special needs. Each group finds itself in an awkward, uncomfortable communicative vacuum that too often leaves the victims feeling ignored and abandoned.
Few professional providers, family members and friends are prepared for this sense of discomfiture. They would feel more at ease and have more empathy had they been aphasic. But as that should not be anyone’s fate, Crossing the Void offers the next best alternative. As can only be told by one who has been there, Ms. Schultz describes each stage of her aphasia; the onset of her stroke, her medical and speech therapy experiences, the social and psychological aspects of living with aphasia and the painstaking learning process that enabled her to move from being a person without words to becoming an author.
"Crossing the Void", meant to offer hope to the aphasic, also offers valuable insights to the medical and speech personnel who serve them, family members and friends who interact with them and the general public who wonder about them.
Aphasia, without speech, caused by brain injury, stroke, or birth defect affects 1 of 250 Americans. Aphasia’s wordlessness is bewildering not only to the victims, but also to those who interact with them. The victims can not speak and those most needed to support them do not comprehend their special needs. Each group finds itself in an awkward, uncomfortable communicative vacuum that too often leaves the victims feeling ignored and abandoned.
Few professional providers, family members and friends are prepared for this sense of discomfiture. They would feel more at ease and have more empathy had they been aphasic. But as that should not be anyone’s fate, Crossing the Void offers the next best alternative. As can only be told by one who has been there, Ms. Schultz describes each stage of her aphasia; the onset of her stroke, her medical and speech therapy experiences, the social and psychological aspects of living with aphasia and the painstaking learning process that enabled her to move from being a person without words to becoming an author.
"Crossing the Void", meant to offer hope to the aphasic, also offers valuable insights to the medical and speech personnel who serve them, family members and friends who interact with them and the general public who wonder about them.
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940014735636 |
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| Publisher: | Chuckanut Enterprises, LLC |
| Publication date: | 06/20/2012 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 224 |
| File size: | 576 KB |
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