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p16 weekender may 27 1995 stux your kind of fun their kind of fun aphasia awareness week runs june 410 the family holiday that combines a stay at walt disney world with a 3 day cruise up and down around and around all the excitement of the magic kingdom and orlandos many family attractions then its your rum to relax carnivals award winning camp carnival program will occupy the kids while you visit the nautica spa relax on our spacious sun decks enjoy spectacular las vegas style shows and superb cuisine enjoy the evenings in the piano barcasino or let your hair down in a disco and theres more fun in store for the family when the fantasy visits the bahamas magnificent beaches duty free shopping and all kinds of sporting actvitics outstanding value one week from page 13 ontario aphasia association a new advocacy group formed by aphasic people themselves to promote greater understanding of aphasia and to provide information and support to families living with aphasia all over ontario for richard the challenge was relearning language skills that were initially completely lost after his stroke at the age of 48 all in all the road back was not easy not only did i have to learn most things over i took it as a new chal lenge in my life when you have to learn how to use the telephone read and write spell talk and depend on peo ple its not that easy richard credits the speech therapists at markham- stouftville hospital and the group communication pro gram at the yorkdurham aphasia centre as instru mental in his recovery richard is still aphasic his speech is slow and the right words sometimes elude him but he has resumed some of his former activities and is now helping to support other aphasic people at the aphasia centre and through his involvement with the new ontario aphasia association when the language area of the brain is severely damaged communication must take place in unconventional ways regs stroke six years ago left him with no speech except the ability to respond tyes and no he uses a combination of drawing pointing to maps facial expression and gesture to get his messages across despite his physical and communication disabilities reg has no use of his right arm or leg he lives in his own apartment takes an interest in the daily newspa pers and checks out activities around the community on his motorized scooter clients volunteers families and staff of the york- durham aphasia centre together with the ontario aphasia association encourage people to learn about aphasia during aphasia awareness week june 4 to 10 by visiting the centre and using its extensive resource library when human communication is disrupted as it is in aphasia it is a challenge to find new and creative ways of communicating with the support and understanding of their communities people with aphasia can find new ways of living for information about aphasia stroke and brain injury or volunteering opportunities please call the yorkdurham aphasia centre stouffville 6422053 869c 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