tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74849670286716074082024-03-13T20:17:16.611-07:00Accessible Reading with AphasiaMany of us enjoy reading. However, aphasia (a language difficulty following stroke) can make reading difficult. People with aphasia say that they miss reading for pleasure - newspapers, magazines, letters, emails, books or whatever. There is very little reading matter that is aphasia-friendly AND for adults. This website aims to give people with aphasia the chance to read articles on different topics in an aphasia-friendly format.
Click on the tabs for different topics.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484967028671607408.post-4982929430721404292016-01-06T20:25:00.003-08:002016-01-06T20:25:52.578-08:00New articles added January 2016<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some new stories and articles added in January 2016. Click on the tabs above to read them.</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Personal stories of living with
aphasia:</span></b></a></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Cheshire woman has been to hell and back after brain
haemorrhage</span></span>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Despite aphasia, Jan’s voice soars</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Doctor’s dream to speak fluently again</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Meet the architect who communicates by drawing plans</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Singing songs by The Beatles helped me recover from a
stroke</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">The man who can only say yes and no</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Funny but true:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Five stupid criminals</span></span>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Children and older people</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Funny stories – David Deubelbeiss</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Ig Nobel prizes 2015</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">The centipede</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">General:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Greyhounds – great pets</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Paralysed man donates money raised for his treatment to
help disabled boy</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pearl fishing in Broome</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Pride of Britain 2013 winner</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">The natural world:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Recipes:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: _GoBack;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12.0pt;">Spicy salami and fresh tomato pasta</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484967028671607408.post-58782232725027869972015-01-07T14:02:00.001-08:002015-01-22T19:28:40.057-08:00New articles added - January 2015<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #351c75;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">New stories and articles added. I hope you enjoy reading them.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Click on the tabs above to read them.</span></b></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Personal stories of living with aphasia: </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">After
regaining her voice, resident gives back</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bunt’s
story</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Clive’s
story</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Despite
a stroke, actor and athlete Chris Conlon keeps running</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Speech
therapy helps stroke victim</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Bill
Wainwright doing amazing things</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Stroke
– the hour that struck</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">At a
loss for words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Stroke
victim wakes only speaking language he never formally learned</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Aphasia
robbed Keith Howells of his ability to talk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A
massive stroke robbed Catriona of her speech</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">After
a stroke, photographer finds new medium </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Funny but true: </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Baked
mouse found in UK bread loaf</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Beijing
hotel brochure</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Heard
on the London Underground</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Julie
Andrews on maturity</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Strange
but true</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I
love this doctor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Age-activated
attention deficit disorder</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
IgNobel Prizes 2014</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">US
flying car maker eyes India </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">General: </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">860
flavours of ice cream</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Stupid
is as stupid does</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
dream traveller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Wisdom </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Health: </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Beating
tiredness</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hot
weather </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The natural world: </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Chicks
can count</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Chimpanzee
feeds tiger cub</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Cow
chases bear away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Dogs
can teach us many things</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Dolphins
are deep thinkers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Frogs
hit high notes</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Jasmine
– a rescued dog who is now mother to others</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Rover,
call me an ambulance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Tarantulas
can stick to glass</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
caring owl</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Two
male penguins adopt abandoned chick</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">World’s
strangest flowers </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Recipes: </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Chicken
and vegetable frittata</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Seafood
casserole</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Saucy
sausage pasta</span></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7484967028671607408.post-89525423609628001052014-05-26T22:12:00.001-07:002014-05-26T22:14:44.839-07:00WELCOME<span style="font-size: large;">On the tabs above are different topics. Click on the tab to find stories or articles on that topic.</span><br />
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