How Connect helps
How we help people living with aphasia
At Connect, we work alongside people with aphasia and their families to develop communication and rebuild confidence. People with aphasia tell us that this is crucial to stroke recovery.
Whilst what we do cannot be described as a 'stroke treatment' or 'aphasia therapy', by getting involved with Connect, people with aphasia regain confidence and reconnect with life. We know that aphasia is not 'fixable', but experience has taught us that it can be 'liveable'. Through the Access to Life services people with aphasia gain confidence and explore new possibilities and choices, take on new roles and educate themselves and others about communication disability and life.
We offer information and opportunity events for people with aphasia and their relatives. These days are about finding out about aphasia, meeting others and gaining practical tips about re-connecting with life. If you are recovering from a stroke or head injury and you have aphasia, these days are just for you.
We deliver training to health and social care providers both at our London centre and around the UK and beyond. All our courses are based on up to date policy and research and involving people with aphasia the development of stroke services underpins all our training events.
Through our work with people with aphasia we have developed a range of publications to help everyone living with aphasia - whether you have aphasia yourself, you are a relative or a friend, or you work in stroke service provision or a voluntary organisation.