UCL and partners: supporting people with aphasia to have better conversations

Thanks to a new course developed by UCL, a charity and arts organisation, people with a communication difficulty are finding ways to make conversation easier. Aphasia is a serious communication difficulty that affects how people speak, understand, read and write words. It's something that can develop after a brain injury (most typically after a stroke) and 350,000 people are currently living with it in the UK. Yet only 5% of the population have even heard of it, making what can be a very challenging condition also a very lonely place to be. "Imagine not being able to speak like you can now. Not being able to order a coffee in a café, share your day with your partner, chat to your kids. That's what it's like for people living with aphasia.