{"id":3965,"date":"2021-10-06T15:09:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T22:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aphasiaprogram\/?page_id=3965"},"modified":"2021-10-06T15:09:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T22:09:26","slug":"about-aphasia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aphasiaprogram\/about-aphasia\/","title":{"rendered":"About Aphasia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Aphasia is a communication disorder\u00a0that\u00a0can affect a person\u2019s ability to talk, understand spoken language, read and\/or write.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This loss of ability to communicate has a huge impact on a person\u2019s relationships, participation and self-identity.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Aphasia does not impact a person\u2019s intelligence or competence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Although most commonly as a result of a stroke, aphasia can be caused by any damage to the language\u00a0centres\u00a0of the brain, such as brain injuries and\u00a0tumours.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">Aphasia is a communication disorder\u00a0that\u00a0can affect a person\u2019s ability to talk, understand spoken language, read and\/or write.\u00a0 This loss of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79929,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3965","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aphasiaprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aphasiaprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aphasiaprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aphasiaprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79929"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aphasiaprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aphasiaprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3967,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aphasiaprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3965\/revisions\/3967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aphasiaprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}