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Living with Aphasia
Alan Hewitt, Project Lead
ConnectMelanie Derbyshire, Chief Executive
Speakability
What we’ll do
• UK Stroke Assembly
• Look at options and opportunities you might want to try
• A Workshop to identify … – What works for you?– What is missing?– What you would like to do?
An annual event that enables people with stroke and aphasia, their families and carers
– to express their opinions and hopes in a UK-wide forum
– to learn from each other
• To enable you to inform messages to go back to government
Options and opportunities
www.u3a.org.uk
Volunteering www.doit.org.uk
Support to explore work www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople
www.thehardesthit.wordpress.com
Workshop
• In groups
• Consider your involvement
• What would you like to explore?
• Who could help you do this?
• What are the gaps?
Feedback
• What’s working?
• What’s missing?
• What are the hopes for the future?
