The aphasic person and his/her family: What about the future?

Though work on aphasia & other disorders in this century has helped identify symptoms with neurological & physiological etiologies, dissociating victims of these diseases from moral & social responsibility for their condition, at least so far as the scientific establishment is concerned, there is still some question as to the degree to which the condition of patients has actually improved. Though information of psychological dimensions of aphasia has progressed, little systematic information on other extralinguistic aspects of aphasia, including biological & social associations, is available. In particular, the interaction of aphasics with their families must be explored, in the hope of improving both the therapy for the patient & the quality of family members' lives. 51 References. A. Levine