Yesterday was National SLP Day. Can’t thank you enough for all the work that you do. I know I wouldn’t be this far along with my speech without you.

This guy is considering running for Senate!

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Today is International Nurses Day. When I was in the hospital, I can’t express enough how kind, caring and patient the nurses were. And I was a bad patient. 😉

Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords was a House member from Arizona’s 8th Congressional District from 2012-2017. On January 8th, 2011 she suffered severe brain injury which was caused by a gunshot wound to the head during an assassination attempt. She was left with severe aphasia which affects her speech, but not comprehension or intellect. Here’s more on how Gabby battles aphasia with music.

Sheila likes Miles Davis and thinks the album, “Bitches Brew” was great!

Bob likes John Prine, “Angel from Montgomery.” The duet between John Prine and Bonnie Raitt was wonderful!

Understanding the emotional Impact of Brain Injury Link

Sheila likes Pearl Jam.

Brian shared that it is Brain Injury Awareness Month.

Debby likes Bob Dylan and likes the chorus from Like A Rolling Stone.

COVID-19 has made meeting more difficult. The platform, Microsoft Teams, is not optimal for people with aphasia, and not everyone has the equipment or the ability to use it. We all miss the intimacy of physically being together. But we are still here and hope to have some more blog posts up. We’ve been talking about current events, ways to get through communication breakdowns, and questions of the day. A recent one was which practices or technologies do you think will persist after COVID is “over”?

Debbie Insalaco

NORTHTOWNS’ SUPPORT GROUP TOPIC:

Post Stroke Communication Problems (January 28) – 12:45 PM

Join special guest speaker, Deborah Insalaco, PhD, CCC-SLP from the Speech-Language Pathology Department at SUNY Buffalo State as she discusses the challenges people face in adopting news ways to communicate following a stroke.

*Blood pressure screenings will be available after this meeting.