$25 for 25

YOU can help with $25

• Maintain our frontline of support – our free phone hotline for people with aphasia and their families, who need understanding and advice about treatment, communication strategies, resources and more.
• Provide free and low-cost resources (aphasia.org, books, DVDs) developed by aphasia experts, people with aphasia and their loved ones.
• Promote a national network of over 300 aphasia community groups across the US and Canada, including the NAA’s Young People Network, for people 30 and younger with aphasia.
  • Provide support for the creation of additional aphasia programs and centers across the country.
  • Continue to host Regional Conferences for people with aphasia, friends,family members and professionals.
• Expand our network of affiliates who help people with aphasia and their families with resources, treatment, insurance coverage and more.
• Expand training and public awareness programs including: Emergency Responder Training, Aphasia Friendly Business Program and our Multicultural Task Force (to provide resource materials in multiple languages).

If you have any questions about donating to the NAA, contact us at naa@aphasia.org or (800) 922-4622

NAA Celebrates 25 Years

• Empowering people with aphasia of all ages to reclaim their lives and stay engaged in daily activities after losing their ability to speak, read, write and understand language.
• Giving family members and caregivers strategies and resources to cope with the changes in their lives and challenges to their families.
• Training first responders how to recognize people with aphasia and communicate with them effectively.
• Helping businesses become aphasia friendly with simple, commonsense approaches to customer service.
• Increasing public awareness of aphasia.
• Advocating on local, state and national levels for people with aphasia and their loved ones.

The Next 25 Years

• As our population ages, the number of people acquiring aphasia after a stroke continues to increase. It’s estimated that there are 200,000 new cases of aphasia each year.
• Many returning war veterans injured by IEDs have aphasia. We need to accommodate them as they resume their civilian lives and seek employment.
• Insurance coverage for speech therapy, the most effective treatment for aphasia, is extremely limited to only a few weeks or months. We need to extend coverage benefits because people with aphasia can continue to improve with regular speech therapy even after a year.