In October 2021, I went to the PT Students at Temple group from PACT. At that time I told the story that during that class, I mentioned that I played at Penn State and my friend was the Field Hockey Coach. After the class, Cassie K introduced her to me and told her that she

Aphasia sucks, but it makes me fun every day.   My brain works fine. I see something, and I know what I saw, and the story in my brain tells what I want to say, but then the words don’t work.   When I try to say what I want, I need to figure out

Last week, my son told me that Bruce Willis had aphasia.   I have something in common. “Die Hard” was one of my favorite movies, and his action hero, John McLane, played by Bruce Willis, was awesome. No, I’m not John McClane. I have aphasia.    I listened to the stories on the news. Many

With Aphasia, whenever I find myself thinking about saying something that I can’t think of a word, my brain goes on overtime. My brain tells me about remembering stories but I can’t come up with the words to describe them.   Last week I played golf with a new friend. He said that he was

PACT at Temple PT Students   Every chance I go somewhere I find a way to connect with a connection of someone.   Yesterday, I spoke to the PT Students at Temple. I was with the group from PACT, those of us who have Aphasia to discuss with students. I told some of the students that