It's okay. I speak aphasic.

You're the first responder to a serious car accident. You try to talk to one of the two people in the car - the only one that's conscious. But everything that she desperately tries to tell you seems to trip on her tongue. Is she in shock?

A house is burning down and you are a firefighter. You need to make quick decisions about whether to send your crew inside the burning house. A woman outside the house is desperately trying to tell you something. But... can't... quite...

The Drake Center in Cincinnati Ohio is having a training session for first responders on how to communicate with folks with expressive aphasia. Please click on the flyer, below.

Note that the address of the Drake center is:

151 W. Galbraith Rd.

Cincinnati, OH 45215

Please e-mail me if you have any questions...