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Living with Aphasia

Living with Aphasia. Alan Hewitt, Project Lead Connect. Melanie Derbyshire, Chief Executive Speakability. What we’ll do . UK Stroke Assembly Look at options and opportunities you might want to try A Workshop to identify … What works for you? What is missing?

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Living with Aphasia

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  1. Living with Aphasia Alan Hewitt, Project Lead Connect Melanie Derbyshire, Chief Executive Speakability

  2. What we’ll do • UK Stroke Assembly • Look at options and opportunities you might want to try • A Workshop to identify … • What works for you? • What is missing? • What you would like to do?

  3. An annual event that enables people with stroke and aphasia, their families and carers • to express their opinions and hopes in a UK-wide forum • to learn from each other • To enable you to inform messages to go back to government

  4. The organisations to help you Others?

  5. Options and opportunities www.u3a.org.uk Volunteeringwww.doit.org.uk Support to explore work www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople www.thehardesthit.wordpress.com

  6. In groups Consider your involvement What would you like to explore? Who could help you do this? What are the gaps? Workshop

  7. Feedback • What’s working? • What’s missing? • What are the hopes for the future?

  8. Tips Sheet – to help you have your say

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