Stroke survivor raises awareness about aphasia
Stroke survivor raises awareness about aphasia
Stroke survivor raises awareness about aphasia
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0.32 -> tonight we are highlighting a disorder
2.24 -> that affects more than two million
3.84 -> people according to the national aphasia
5.6 -> association
6.799 -> yet many people have never even heard of
8.8 -> it now a
10.16 -> stroke survivor you see right here is on
12.32 -> a mission to raise awareness
13.92 -> about living with a loss for words
18.32 -> tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow
21.6 -> perfect coleman watson
25.519 -> built a career around words
28.84 -> practicing words were his livelihood
32.719 -> lady gear lady deer slow it down a
35.76 -> patent attorney he opened his own law
37.6 -> firm and litigated hundreds of cases
39.84 -> late ich gatier a litigator
42.879 -> his wife says he passed the bar on the
44.559 -> first try in not only florida but also
47.2 -> georgia new york and california
49.52 -> he's definitely very driven that drive
52.48 -> is helping him conquer
53.52 -> a new challenge one that began
55.44 -> unexpectedly at the age of 41
57.76 -> just a month before the pandemic started
60.719 -> i knew
61.52 -> something as little off
67.53 -> [Music]
70.24 -> what he didn't know was his whole world
72.159 -> was about to change
73.6 -> it turned out he had had a sudden
75.52 -> cryptogenic stroke
78.24 -> in that moment i really
81.439 -> nearly thought i was dying his stroke
84.479 -> left him with a language disorder
86.08 -> called aphasia from the greek words
88.159 -> meaning without speech
91.119 -> june yes when i had my stroke
94.4 -> and i lost my your words
98.079 -> it was so frustrating let's say
101.84 -> coleman yes
104.88 -> but i saw him and his face was blank but
107.36 -> he looked normal but then when the
108.96 -> doctors were asking him questions the
110.88 -> only thing he could say was yes
112.72 -> open your mouth over the past year he's
116.32 -> had to re-learn how to read
117.84 -> acting write and understand language the
121.04 -> dog
121.759 -> ends with her before his stroke he was
124.56 -> teaching his young daughter how to read
134.239 -> imagine if you were going to a foreign
136.56 -> country like japan
137.84 -> you still have your thoughts you're
139.68 -> still just as smart
141.36 -> but you can't understand what people are
143.28 -> saying people can't understand you and
145.28 -> you can't read or write over there you
147.28 -> feel very lost
148.48 -> imagine no jim naxobits
152 -> kayla four acre is a speech therapist at
153.92 -> brooks rehabilitation aphasia center in
155.92 -> jacksonville so i will give you a word
158.8 -> which treats patients from around the
160.48 -> world
161.92 -> not me she worked with coleman during
164.16 -> two six-week intensive programs
166.319 -> here beat he's made
170.16 -> in my opinion miraculous stride he is
172.72 -> trying to do
173.68 -> a we use a lot of treatment centered
175.92 -> around creating sentences
177.84 -> rebuilding that grammar and that speech
180.4 -> crank
180.959 -> back scream so when he's trying to say
184 -> a word he has pictures of people's
186 -> mouths like making the
187.36 -> s sound or the t sound so in his mind if
189.92 -> he can't say a word he's
191.44 -> putting together the pictures and
192.879 -> spelling it so that he can make his
194.72 -> mouth produce it
195.92 -> trying to write it down for me because i
197.519 -> know you know it up here
199.04 -> while aphasia has changed coleman's life
201.12 -> it's not impacted his intelligence
203.599 -> doesn't affect their intellect so
206.08 -> they're still the same smart person that
208 -> they were
208.48 -> before that's not affected it's purely
211.2 -> that language center
214 -> coleman is now focused on making a
215.92 -> documentary to raise awareness about
217.76 -> aphasia
218.4 -> right now i'm trying to pitch it
221.68 -> for netflix and he says he's seriously
224 -> considering a run
225.04 -> for u.s senate and passionate about
227.2 -> health care reform to make sure everyone
229.28 -> can get the care
230.239 -> they need my story it is a
233.439 -> story that could be anyone
240.08 -> the word he wants others to take away
242.08 -> from his story
243.519 -> hope i know that my speech is not a
246.4 -> pervex
248.959 -> i know the reason
252.72 -> that that i can talk right now
256.32 -> is because i never lost of hopes
260.04 -> [Music]
265.68 -> i never lost hope wow he's doing so well
268.479 -> what really struck me was seeing him
270.16 -> look at the
270.8 -> photos right of other people's mouths
273.04 -> that's incredible
274.08 -> and then you're saying he wears a
275.12 -> special bracelet right because when you
276.56 -> look at him you can't tell that he has a
277.84 -> language disorder and so he has a little
279.84 -> gray bracelet that simply says
281.44 -> i have aphasia so if he has trouble
283.68 -> communicating he can just point to that
285.12 -> to help people
286.16 -> understand why but he has just made
288.08 -> amazing progress
289.6 -> and if you're interested in learning
290.639 -> more about aphasia and about the
292.32 -> resources that are available to help
294.08 -> i've linked a lot of information to this
295.759 -> story on firstcoastnews.com that's
297.759 -> something else
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_jKEhtE73Y