After a stroke left Howard Blatt unable to speak, he helped create a support group for other people with aphasia, a brain condition that impairs communication. He recently died at age 88.
Aphasia
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Wendy Williams is diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia
News of the former TV host’s medical diagnosis comes days ahead of the TV premiere of Where is Wendy Williams? — a two-part documentary detailing her health battles.
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This I Believe New England – Aphasia
All of us encounter setbacks in life—some small, some medium, some super-sized. The unsuccessful job search. The long-term relationship that did not end well. The disappointing test results. We hope, of course, that we have the resolve to weather the sorts of unbidden storms that arrive in our lives. And that’s precisely what we hear from Michael Obel-Omia, whose inspiring […]
