Aphasia Awareness Month – The colourful Brain

Aphasia Awareness Month – The colourful Brain

Being a specialist Stroke Speech & Language Therapist, it’s an important month for me. It’s Aphasia Awareness Month. Aphasia is a language disorder that is caused by damage to the language centres of your brain, as a result of a neurological condition such as...
Stroke Education Saturdays

Stroke Education Saturdays

During lockdown, I had a few families contacting me about their loved ones who had recently had a stroke and were discharged from hospital earlier than expected – due to new hospital procedures to reduce the risk of infection during the pandemic. I reassured the...
Teaching Makaton Whilst On Maternity Leave

Teaching Makaton Whilst On Maternity Leave

Being a keyworker on maternity leave in lockdown, I wanted to do my bit for the community. Hearing the NHS claps every Thursday, made me feel a bit helpless not helping my fellow AHPs during this time. So I decided to offer free Makaton sessions every week for 6 weeks...