Transcripts of speeches at the National Aphaisa Association Conference June 2006 in Boston

In June, 2006, Winston attended the National Aphasia Conference held in Boston, MA. During the conference, Winston asked each of the presenters if he could video their presentations with the hope of sharing the information shared with others. Winston found the conference extremely useful and hopes that you might find some of these transcripts of interest. If you do, please let us know!

List of each of the Transcripts, with a brief description:

  1. "Adler Aphasia Center" - transcript of the DVD presentation of the facilities, etc., available at the Adler Aphasia Center which is located in New Jersey about 10 miles from New York City
  2. Presentation by Dr. Anna Barrett, MD who works with stroke patients and is under-taking various research studies. This speech is about what is going on with respect to aphasia research.
  3. A presentation by David Luterman, D.Ed. He is Professor Emeritus at Emerson College in Boston and has dedicated his career to developing a greater understanding of the psychological effects and emotions associated with the caregiver role.
  4. Presentation given by Harvey Alter who is (was) the first President of the National Aphasia Conference to be a stroke survivor as well as having Aphasia.
  5. Presentation by Joel Stein, MD, the Chief Medical Officer at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital he is also associated with the Department of Physcial Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Harvard Medical School. Dr. Stein has undertaken research focused on the use of exercise as a treatment after stroke with a particular interest in the use of innovative technologies to facilitate exercise and recovery after stroke.
  6. Presentation by Maggie Kelly- Hayes, RN, EdD - "Improving your Health: Behaviours that Count" -, Behavioural changes and strategies that can help prevent stroke.
  7. Presentation by Paul R. Rao, PhD CPHQ CHE - "Advocacy & Legislative Update: Spring 2006", talks about changes in the Health Care system and the cost of such care.
  8. Presentation by Ruth Bluestone, MS and Sean Sweeney, MS. Both participants are speech-language specialists and talk about their work with Aphasia patients.
  9. "Stepping Stones": A Presentation on "Movie Madness" - how to use movies as a way to aid speech recovery.
  10. The Family Aphasia - this transcript is from a DVD of many of the participants in the conference - it is a snapshot of Aphasia.
  11. Transcript of Winston and Neil communicating. They first met at the Residential Aphasia Program at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Winston attended the RAP program three times.

With his end goal of better home therapy in mind, any input - suggestions, feedback, comments, etc. - and any additional support would be greatly appreciated.

Please use the Contact Form to let Winston know if you would like a copy of these presentations, or his Speech Therapy Video, on DVD or preloaded on an Apple iPod.

On April 29, 2002 Winston had an aneurysm on his aorta. Barely surviving the surgery required to fix this tear in his heart, he suffered a stroke which affected the left side of his brain leaving him with conditions known as aphasia and apraxia. Aphasia is a communication disability and apraxia is a motor-planning disability caused by damage to the language centers of the brain, as the result of a stroke. There is no loss of intelligence. Depending on where and to what extent the brain is injured, each person with these conditions has a unique set of communication disabilities. While intelligence remains intact, abilities to speak, understand spoken language, read or write may be reduced or eliminated.

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