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The difficulties that someone with Aphasia faces should not be underestimated. It can often and simply is referred to as "acquired dyslexia" and support is provided in much the same way as is provided to a dyslexic student. However, it is not dyslexia. An academic tutor working on the assumption / information that their student has dyslexia could seriously underestimate the difficulties emotionally and cognitively that the student is working under. The student may well have once been a high flyer, academically and perhaps career wise and was perhaps very organised compared to how they are now, trying to cope in HE and recover lost faculties (perhaps to no avail). Unlike the dyslexic student who grew up with the difficulties they have (which can also be very emotional) they are in a totally perhaps relatively new situation. They may also, for example, be very slow to process verbal information / instruction - much slower than many with SpLD - which can cause some difficulties when the "instructor" expects a reasonably snap reaction / response. Bryan Jones, Manager, Disability Support Services & North London Regional Access Centre, Middlesex University Tel: 020 8411 5366 -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Patricia Parkinson Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 1:35 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Support for aphasia Hi We provide cover sheets to flag the work of all students with evidenced information processing problems. This has included a student with a type of aphasia (Wernicke's) where the student was verbally very fluent but had difficulty in matching the sound of a word to its written form. As far as support is concerned - I suppose it depends on the type of aphasia and how it affects the student. Some one to one support, akin to dyslexia support, was provided to our student, but using read back software, such as Inspirations and Texthelp Read and Write, was a more effective way of helping her independently plan and proofread her work. Pat Parkinson Dyslexia Support Tutor University of Hull Scarborough Campus 01723 357209 -----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mary Rudling Sent: 08 June 2007 13:01 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Support for aphasia I would be interested to know whether anyone has experience of supporting a student with aphasia, and in particular whether it would be appropriate to 'flag' the student's work in the same way that a dyslexic student might have stickers to flag their technical errors. Mary Rudling, Dyslexia Advisor Student Support Unit, Pevensey 1,The University of Sussex Tel:01273 877466