• Educate yourself about aphasia so you can learn a new way to communicate
• Close family members need to be involved so they can understand their loved one’s communication needs and begin to learn ways to facilitate speech and language  
• Experiment with strategies that facilitate social interaction during your rehabilitation 
• Many stroke survivors with communication challenges compensate by writing or drawing to supplement verbal expression, or use gestures or a picture communication book, or even a computer communication system.

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(American Stroke  Association)