What is Aphasia?
Aphasia is a communication disorder resulting from the acquired impairment of language modalities, affecting the participation and the quality of life of a person with aphasia and the quality of their relationships with family and friends.
Aphasia masks the competence of those who present it, and affects its functioning in all relationships, roles and activities in life, influencing their inclusion and social connection, access to information and services, the equality of rights and their well-being in the family, in the community and in the culture.
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Aphasia Voices CD
The “Voices of aphasia” are a project of the Portuguese Institute of Aphasia. A group of people with aphasia, friends and family get together to sing weekly with the help[…]
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Testimonials
On IPA, I learned that the caregiver assume a fundamental part in this process. I feel that my relationship with the disease start to get better as soon as we begin being supported by IPA, in the daily management, and in the management of future expectations.On IPA, I learned that the caregiver assume a fundamental part in this process. I feel that my relationship with the disease start to get better as soon as we begin being supported by IPA, in the daily management, and in the management of future expectations.
Maria Emília Rios, wife of a person with aphasia
We can see the results! The autonomy has been restored, it’s now possible a real and active coexistence! Communication now flows! I’m happy for the achievements done by the family, but also with the precious help of all the IPA community, whom I thank for from the bottom of my heart.We can see the results! The autonomy has been restored, it’s now possible a real and active coexistence! Communication now flows! I’m happy for the achievements done by the family, but also with the precious help of all the IPA community, whom I thank for from the bottom of my heart.
Maria Helena Teixeira, wife of a person with aphasia
The dynamism that we have in IPA makes us wake for faculties the we thought were lost. Helps us resize the structure of our thinking.The dynamism that we have in IPA makes us wake for faculties the we thought were lost. Helps us resize the structure of our thinking.
