The National Aphasia Association (NAA)

National Aphasia Association

Speaking Out! Sixth National Aphasia Association Conference

June 19, 2008 - June 21, 2008

The Conference will be taking place at the Kimmel Center for University Life at New York University. Located at 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

Program (click here)

Keynote Speakers

• Audrey Holland, PhD, University of Arizona Regents Professor Emerita, NAA Advisory Council
  
• Ruth Codier-Resch, PhD, Person living well with aphasia, NAA Advisory Council
• John Liechty, Person living well with aphasi, NAA Advisory Council
• Thomas Cole, PhD, McGovern Center University of Texas – Houston Medical School

Invited Speakers

• Paul Rao, PhD, National Rehabilitation Hospital, NAA Board Member
• Joan Peters, Esq. Consultant, NAA
• Pélagie M. Beeson, PhD, University of Arizona
• Maria L. Muñoz, PhD, Texas Christian University
  
• Susan Watt, MHSc, The Aphasia Institute
  
• Linda Carozza, PhD, St. John's University, NAA Advisory Council
• Anna Barrett, MD, Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, NAA Board Member
  
• Lynn Maher, PhD, University of Houston
  
• Edna Babbitt, MEd, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
• Maura English Silverman, MS, Triangle Aphasia Project at WakeMed Rehab (TAP), NAA Advisory Council
  
• Jeanne H. Fisher, MS, Louisiana State University
  
• Christina Wieneke, Northwestern University
  
• Darlene Williamson, MA, The STROKE COMEBACK CENTER, NAA Advisory Council
  
• Winston Lindsley, person living well with aphasia
  
• Paul West, person living well with aphasia
  
• Diane Ackerman, cosurvivor living well with aphasia
  
  

Discussion Points Include

• Pre-Conference Professional Day: Wellness counseling for adults with aphasia and their families
  
• Keynote Speakers: Living Well with Aphasia; Through the Eyes of an Aphasic
  
• Facilitating conversations with people with aphasia
• Incorporating art into life and work for individuals with aphasia
• Treatment approaches and Aphasia programs
  
• Aphasia Advocacy
• Networking and sharing of experiences
• Multicultural Issues
• Primary Progressive Aphasia
  
• Additional points of interest
  • Exhibition of artwork by individuals with aphasia
  • Professional Vendors and Exhibitors
  • Media room
  • Friday June 20, 2008 Evening Banquet with entertainment

For More Information, please contact one of the following:

Office of Special Programs at New York University. (212) 992-9380.

Sharon M. Antonucci, Ph.D. CCC-SLP. Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology. (212)-992-9445, sma208@nyu.edu

Ellayne Ganzfried, M.S. CCC-SLP, Executive Director, National Aphasia Association, (212) 267-2814, ganzfried@aphasia.org

Sponsored by: The National Aphasia Association and The Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at NYU Steinhardt

Byrd Drucker Aphasic Fund.

Which treatments are exempt?

T. Banusekar

Three months ago, I had spent Rs 32,000 towards the laser surgery of my father’s eyes. Will the amount spent by me towards the laser surgery be eligible for deduction under Section 80DDB or under any other Section? — Komaravel K.

Section 80DDB allows a deduction to a resident individual if he incurs expenditure on medial treatment of a disease or an ailment specified by the board if the treatment is for himself or a dependent of his. The deduction will be the amount actually incurred or Rs 40,000 whichever is less (Rs 60,000 if the patient is a senior citizen).

National Hospital of Iceland Breaks Language Barriers

The National Hospital of Iceland (LSH) has begun using a 38-page picture book to ease communication between staff and patients where language and/or physical condition hinders patients from expressing their wishes.

“It is thought of as a tool for reaching those who have difficulties expressing themselves or do not understand what we tell them,” teaching and educational nurse at LSH Inga Teitsdóttir told Morgunbladid.

“They may be patients on respirators, people who suffer from nervous diseases that cause aphasia […], or belong to the growing group of patients of foreign origin who don’t speak Icelandic or any language that we speak,” Teitsdóttir said.

(Video) Rare disease robs patients of language

CHAPEL HILL (WTVD) -- Mary Boyles is a retired English professor who must live with the reality of knowing she's suffering from a disease that is eventually going to make her mute.

"If I could just take off a leg or arm or both, that would be much better for me," said Boyles.

Throughout her life, words have been Mary's love. She built her career around words as a retired UNC Pembroke professor with a PhD in American Literature. It took doctors almost four years to diagnose, but, in 2002, words became Mary's greatest pain.

"It's just not, not," Boyles pauses to find the words. "It's not fair for me."

Mary's diagnosis is primary progressive aphasia, or PPA, a rare neurological disorder that's slowly robbing her of her language function. She also believes the same disease robbed her mother of the ability to speak. "She stopped talking," said Boyles. "She just stopped one day. And, I know what it's going to do. That I can't talk but I can listen."
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