#63 Shirley’s Silent Wish for the Holidays: Aphasia Inclusion

🦃 🎄 Welcoming the Unwelcome Guest Called Aphasia During the Holidays Series 🦃 🎄 Part 2: Shirley's Silent Wish for the Holidays: Aphasia Inclusion

Episode Summary

Understand Shirley's Silent Wish for the Holidays in this episode. You'll hear what she wants you to know about aphasia and provide tips and advice for creating a holiday celebration that includes individuals living with aphasia.

The episode suggests ways to provide meaningful communication opportunities, helping them maintain their sense of identity and connection, planning ahead and including the person in as many activities as possible, and making necessary adjustments to ensure that the person is still a part of the festivities.

Understand ways to create a comfortable and inclusive home environment, like seating arrangements, physical contact, easy language for children to interact with the person, creative game adaptations, and the remembrance of cherished memories.

Highlights

1. Shirley's Silent Wish for the Holidays: Understanding and Adaptability in Adaptive Communication (00:00 - 08:20) 2. Including Shirley in the Holidays: Strategies for Family Members (08:20 - 15:30) 3. Inclusive and Adaptive Holiday Celebrations for Families with Aphasia (15:30 - 23:09)

Key Takeaways

💥 Exercise compassion and creativity when including those with aphasia in holiday celebrations.

💥 Provide meaningful communication opportunities.

💥 Focus on helping those with aphasia maintain their sense of identity and connection.

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The Holiday Series Continues...

🦃 🎄 Welcoming the Unwelcome Guest Called Aphasia During the Holidays Series 🦃 🎄 Part 3, October 19th, 2023

"Unlock the Gift of Understanding with Len and Alvin" as they share their personal journeys with aphasia during the holiday season. Tune in to discover how they navigate social gatherings and family traditions while offering valuable insights for making your own holidays more inclusive and joyful. You won't want to miss this heartwarming episode that turns challenges into cheer!

Every Thursday in October and November 2nd, 2023 Join us at 11:00 a.m. central time for our video series on

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Each week, we'll share more tips, strategies, and considerations to help you navigate holiday gatherings to make memories you treasure by including your loved one with aphasia.

Visit our website for video replays of the holiday shows. DoLIFESpeechPathology.com/Holidays.

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📆 MARK YOUR CALENDAR! On Thursday, November 2nd, 2023, at 5:30 pm Central and Saturday, November 4th, 2023, at 9:00 am Central, LIFE Speech Pathology will offer a LIVE training class to walk you through the steps for making your holidays aphasia-inclusive. More information to come! This episode discusses the why of holiday inclusion, outlining the common pain points associated with the holidays for persons with aphasia. The next three episodes will break down insights from three people with differing levels of aphasia and one with a speech impairment that impacts the quality of their speech. Learning about the perspective of a person with aphasia will motivate you to consider how you approach and plan the holidays. Each episode will provide information with action strategies and steps you can take to make your holidays aphasia-inclusive.

Please help spread the word about these important episodes with family, friends, neighbors, and acquaintances by sharing your profile, following, liking, and subscribing. You can specifically help by sharing the episode with two friends, asking them to tell two friends, and let's build this aphasia community together! Let's make communication accessible to everyone, plan ahead, and adapt activities to ensure everyone is included.

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