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The internet and people with aphasia

This research was about how people with aphasia use the Internet and what barriers they encounter. Can the Internet put people with aphasia in touch with each other and enable them to tell their story? The project found that people with aphasia face many obstacles when they try to use the Internet. The Internet can open up lots of information, but it can also be very undermining. The Internet is a useful means of making contact and telling your story. The Internet can and should be made easier to for people with aphasia to use.

Who is involved: Susie Parr, Becky Moss, Jim Newberry, Brian Petheram from the University of the West of England and an advisory panel including people with aphasia

For further information about this project contact:
susiepparr@btinternet.com

Research publications from the project
Elman, R.J., Parr, S., and Moss, B. (2003) The Internet and aphasia: crossing the digital divide. In Parr, S., Duchan,J. and Pound,C. (2003) Aphasia inside out: reflections on communication disability. Maidenhead, Open University Press.
Moss. B, Parr, S., Byng,S. and Petheram, B. (2004) 'Pick me up and not a down down, up up': how are the identities of people with aphasia represented in aphasia, stroke and disability websites? Disability and Society, 753-768

Parr S., Watson, N. and Woods (2006) Access, agency and normality. In Webster, A (ed) Innovative Health Technologies: New Perspectives, Challenge and Change, Palgrave Macmillan

Research funded by: The Economic and Social Research Council

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