Posts tagged invisibledisabilities

8 listening skills... to help battle aphasia

I can remember those months, after surviving my stroke, as some of hardest, darkest days I have ever experienced in my life. To say the simplest of words cost me an extraordinary amount of effort. I would like to share with you these listening tools that enhanced my recovery, expedited it and made it more pleasurable.

From a stroke survivor’s tool box, written for you.

Invisible Disabilities, Editor's PicksStacie BroekSeptember 27, 2020aphasia, aphasiaawareness, agraphia, nonfluentaphasia, strokerecovery, invisibledisabilities, youngstrokesurvivor Comments

The cruel, naked truth about an invisible disability

You might have never realised what it takes for someone suffering the results of a stroke to ‘fit-in’ with her normal life. Things which I could do automatically pre-stroke can cause a slight moment of panic for me now. Maybe you can identify with some of my stroke-isms… because, let’s face it, sometimes we all have strokey moments.

Lifestyle, Invisible Disabilities, Social PixieStacie BroekNovember 22, 2019invisibledisabilities, strokerecovery, strokeawareness, strokewarrior, youngstrokesurvivor Comments

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