The
Language: English
Published by DMS Publishing, NZ, 2021
- Softcover
- New

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- Title
- The
- Author
- James Stephens
- Publisher
- DMS Publishing, NZ
- Publication year
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0473566249
- ISBN 13
- 9780473566241
- Series
- Book 1 of 4: The Suspect Speaker Series
Highly recommended for readers with aphasia and their supporters and care partners.
Darlene Williamson, MA, CCC-SLP, President of NAA (National Aphasia Association - USA)
There are fifteen short short stories in this volume. All the stories are about people who have difficulty in verbal communication. People with aphasia.
Aphasia is the loss of a previously held ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain caused by injury or disease. These stories contain a taste, an inkling, of what it is to have aphasia: the frustrations, the anger, the acceptance and the blessings.
Each story here has three versions: A, B and C.
- The A version is for people who have aphasia that have difficulty in reading. The sentences are compact and descriptions are sparse.
- The C versions is for people with aphasia who can read, or who like to be read to, by their supporters/carers.
- The B versions are in-between – a therapeutic 'sandwich'. People who have aphasia can get the gist of the stories from the A version, and in recovery, over time, can extend their reading ability for the B or C stories.
REVIEWS
His stories are both moving and funny. They are also encouraging and uplifting. AphasiaNZ highly recommends Stephens's book to anyone with experience of aphasia.
AphasiaNZ [https://www.aphasia.org.nz]
Very often, we hear what the protagonist is thinking, and wince at what happens when they try to get it out. It’s a helpful device, but it’s also Stephens's truth, and the truth for thousands of other New Zealanders hit by strokes or tumours, injuries or primary progressive aphasia.
Catherine Woulfe Books editor Spinoff [https://thespinoff.co.nz/authors/catherine-woulfe]
Stephens's writing will serve to be an inspirational therapeutic tool for many others living with Aphasia and their whanau/families. Thank you for sharing insights into what it is truly like to live with this hidden disability.
Naomi Bondi - NZSLT - NZ Speech Language Therapist
A review from the President of National Aphasia Association (USA): Darlene Williamson, MA, CCC-SLP,
The Suspect Speaker series by James Stephens
The Suspect Speaker series [The Suspect Speaker & More Suspect Speaking] is very unique and emotional, and the books are aphasia friendly! In each book author James Stephens presents a series of stories describing events with aphasia. Most importantly, each story has three levels of reading to accommodate readers with aphasia: an easy level, an intermediate level, and a more advanced level. A perfect way to tell his stories and reach all people with aphasia. Highly recommended for readers with aphasia and their supporters and care partners.
The Suspect Speaker: https://books2read.com/suspectspeaker
More Suspect Speaking: https://books2read.com/moresuspectspeaking
National Aphasia Association
https://www.aphasia.org
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