Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (formerly RIC) Center for Aphasia Research and Treatment

The Aphasia Center at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (formerly the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) offers:

Weekly Aphasia Community Groups and Classes

• Book Club, Conversation Group, and a variety of other classes to support communication and life participation

Intensive Aphasia Treatment Program

Opportunities to participate in Aphasia Research Studies

• Improving Electronic Written Communication in Aphasia.  Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is conducting a research study that will help us understand how to better treat writing and texting skills in persons with aphasia.Participants must meet the following criteria:
  • Diagnosis of aphasia from a single stroke
  • More than 6 months since stroke onset
  • English-speaking before the stroke

  If you should qualify:

  You will receive 30 hours of writing therapy over a period of 4 weeks. You will be required to attend assessment visits before and immediately after the treatment, and at 4 weeks after the end of the treatment.

  For more information, please contact the Center for Aphasia Research and Treatment at 312-238-6163 or e-mail Elissa Conlon (econlon@sralab.org) or Laura Kinsey (lkinsey@sralab.org).

• Time Distribution of Computer-Based Script Training in Aphasia. We are currently looking for participants with aphasia for a treatment study lasting about 8 weeks.  The purpose is to compare 3 different practice schedules.Conversation practice on the computer

  No computer skills necessary!

  7 visits to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

  Participants must meet the following criteria:

  1.  Have aphasia due to a single stroke
  2. At least 3 months poststroke

  Please email Laura Kinsey (lkinsey@sralab.org), or call us at (312) 238-6163.

Aphasia Treatment Software products for sale

Annual Aphasia Day celebration in June (sample Program)