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stouffviile suntribune thursday may 19 2005 5 stroke sufferer shows way for family in a by hannelore volpe staff writer the yorkdurham aphasia centre and the sled family of stouffviile is gearing up for its ninth annual stouffviile walk and rollathon june 2 this is the second year the event is also supporting the parkview home building fund the sled family which had four generations in the walk and rollathon last year is hoping to have many of them join this years event the sleds including george daughters amy and mary with her new born twins and an older daughter accompanied their grandmother marion sled along the route for more than 150 people in york region their local aphasia centre is a lifeline back into society mrs sled who was 90 completed the entire route although she had suffered a stroke a few months before on tuesday she went to music mania and on wednesday she played bridge her daughter-in- law shirley sled said then she had- the stroke and it was all gone amy sled who has vol unteered for about a year at the aphasia centre will work there this summer participants can walk ride or wheel their way along routes starting either at 930 am at parkview home and parkview village or 1 pm from parkview village only those walking from parkview village where the aphasia centre is located can see the adjacent con struction site of the new parkview home a 128bed nonprofit longterm care facility for more than 150 peo ple in york region their local aphasia centre is a lifeline back into society aphasia the loss of the ability to speak under stand read or write usu ally results from a stroke or head injury those with aphasia are helped by communicative disorders assistants such as local resident anne hrabi who work under the supervision of speechlan guage pathologists the yorkdurham aphasia centre in stouffviile brings a variety of programs to more than 30 clients the centre began modestly in 1989 the centres speechlan guage pathologist ruth patterson was one of the people instrumental in developing the therapeutic program in stouffviile initially there was only this one location now there are four others in newmarket markham richmond hill and maple the original group of 15 clients met in the basement of parkview village and was assisted by three volunteers the move to the large audi torium in the building was made in the late 1990s now there are more than 30 people coming to the stouffviile aphasia cen tre every thursday once theyve been assessed by the speech- language pathologist certi fied communicative disor der assistants and volun teers are enlisted to help them communicate better speech is only one way to communicate ms hrabi said it is however the one ability everyone wants to recover first nonverbal communi cation is achieved by role- playing or acting out what has to be communicated using gestures and alpha bet boards by using all these things they get their mes- 6425111 durham 85267 1 1 steana loose rugs j br0adl00m jsieanmg- 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aphasia centre since 2003 after taking a oneyear cer tificate course qualifying her as a communicative assistant she was a volun teer before becoming a staff member and now works in several locations many people still arent aware of what aphasia is ms hrabi noted they assume the aphasic person cant understand whats being said just because they cant speak calling the aphasia cen tre a wellused service ms hrabi noted that the pro gram also supports the families and caregivers of those with aphasia the cda certificate pro gram is offered at durham college in oshawa and brock university in st catharines among others information on the york-durham- aphasia centres are available by log ging on to vmriydaconca to join the stouffviile walk and roll-a- thon on june 2 call 9056422053 or 9056400714 or email to ydacinterlogcom or pstewartparkviewhomeca il micholh ocfr f pounds f 7 inched 5 weeks for 55 limited lime offer hosed on full program excludes mandatory product wwwherbalmagicca stouffviile 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