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AI Became My Teacher And Why This Poem Had to Be Heard, Not Read I wrote the poem for my aphasia poetry class. I published it to the group on Monday January 19, 2026. This was my fourth poem in my life. After I wrote it, I wasn’t sure it was a poem. That is…
Aphasia and Writing. It Takes Time. ChatGPT is a Collaborator. Since September 2025, I’ve experienced aphasia and writing. I’ve produced 14 blog posts for Aphasia at Home. I’m honestly amazed by how much I’m enjoying writing again. Before my stroke in July 2022, I had two blogs. The first was during COVID. The second was…
Why Writing Poetry Helps When You Have Aphasia Then see my poem about 2025 and 2026! I admit it. I was depressed. You do not need long sentences. Your do not need perfect grammar. You can use single words. Short Lines. White space. That matters when language is hard. Poetry lets you: practice word finding…
Aphasia Recovery Takes Daily Practice Every person with aphasia is unique. But if we want to rebuild language—speaking, reading, and writing—it helps to think of recovery as a full-time job, about 30 or 40 hours a week. Speech Therapy and Home Practice Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are important. They help guide recovery and show how language…
Both traumatic brain injury and aphasia affected by Kitty Tong Today, I want you to meet Kitty Tong, a young woman whose life changed forever in 2018 when she was struck by a car while walking home from work. Kitty survived a traumatic brain injury (TBI), years without speech, and the long, exhausting work of…
Aphasia on the Connecticut Shoreline: What It Is, Who It Affects, and How to Get Help What Is Aphasia? Aphasia is a language disorder caused by damage to the brain. It can affect speaking, listening, reading, and writing, but it does not affect intelligence. More than 2 million people in the United States live with…
My Third Written Blog. Why? Because I Have Aphasia. Why I’m Writing This Blog If you’ve looked around the Aphasia at Home website, you already know a little about me. I’m from Connecticut, and I have aphasia—a communication disorder caused by a stroke, a brain injury, or, more rarely, Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA). Aphasia affects…