Even More Suspect Speaking: The frustrations and the blessing of life with aphasia - Couverture souple

Stephens, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0473712377 ISBN 13 : 9780473712372

Editeur : DMS Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

The Suspect Speaker Series comprises short stories about people with aphasia, the loss of a previously held ability to speak or understand spoken or written language, due to disease or brain injury, mainly stroke.

The third in the series, Even More Suspect Speaking has seven short stories, a group of five connected short stories and poems, all about people with communication difficulties.

The short stories have two versions:
The "A" versions has shorter sentences and more gaps - perfect for people with aphasia.
The "B" version is fuller. It has more descriptive prose – perfect for carers and family members who have an acquaintance with aphasia and what it means.

Highly recommended for readers with aphasia and their supporters and care partners.
Darlene Williamson, MA, CCC-SLP, President of National Aphasia Association (USA)

...different journeys and experiences that people have, in such a rich and compelling way...
Professor Suzanne C Purdy, The University of Auckland

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

James is a New Zealander. He was a teacher, actor, musician and music director, a journalist and event manager - as well as a husband, father and grandfather. He was a voracious reader, a fluent writer and confident speaker. In 2015, he suffered a hemiparesis, a middle cerebral artery territory infarct. In a word, a stroke. He collapsed, paralysed on his right side, and couldn't speak or write. The hospital intervention was rapid and his limbs were free but his speech was absent. He had/has aphasia.Aphasia is the loss of a previously held ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain caused by injury or disease - in this case, a stroke. With expert therapists in speech, music and eurhythmy he has re-invented himself. He has a positive and optimistic outlook, electing to view his stroke as a 'stroke of luck'. But his speech is still - suspect."My aphasia forced me to look at my life differently. My expected biography has changed. Now, I am an author - apparently."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: DMS Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0473712377
• ISBN 13: 9780473712372
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 338
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg