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Have you got Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech? Let's connect
Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Feb 5 8:53pm | Replies (108)Comment receiving replies
@monbethc: While I am a mentor here, I am not usually on this forum but your post did get my attention. I have a very dear friend who was diagnosed with Primary Progressive Aphasia in 2020 and has since lost her ability to speak. That said, she remains quite happy, loves listening to some of her favorite songs, looking at photographs of family/friends/vacations from over the years displayed in a digital picture frame and watching reruns of favorite TV shows as well as old movies serve as her enjoyable ways to spend the day while also visiting with friends and family.
These sites can also be helpful:
https://aphasia.org/
https://www.raredementiasupport.org/ - this website has several links and films on PPA
That's wondeful you've found writing as an outlet. Do you have any encouraging words to share?
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Whoever wants to know the difference between Aphasia vs Apraxia —-
Aphasia is a language disorder affecting word finding, understanding, or writing stemming brain damage from language centers of the brain .
While apraxia of speech is a motor speech disorder where the brain struggles to plan or coordinates the muscle movement for speech, even if the muscles are strong.
Think of aphasia affect the ability to find words , while apraxia a difficulty in saying those words
Different aspects of communication .
Although they can occur together .