Recognise Aphasia

01/10/2026

Claire presented our work to the General Assembly of the Association Internationale Aphasie (AIA) on Friday 25th September. AIA and their member organisations from many countries are important partners in this work. Thank you, AIA.

01/10/2026

Emma and I were delighted to present our work on this international campaign to the Kiwi Aphasia Camp on Saturday 19th September via Zoom! Thank you for having us Kiwi Aphasia Camp!

27/09/2026

25/09/2026

Have you noticed that we have changed our name to ‘Recognise Aphasia’?

24/09/2026

Do you agree? 💜

23/09/2026

Can we unite the world to improve awareness of aphasia?

Aphasia researchers already do it!

The Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists (CATs) brings together an international network of >300 multidisciplinary aphasia researchers from 41 countries and 43 languages and across all career stages.

Our international aphasia awareness campaign is embedded into CAT’s.

21/09/2026

You can read about the research behind this campaign in an aphasia friendly format here.

Aphasia Research Library.

21/09/2026

There have been many excellent aphasia awareness campaigns.

The National Aphasia Association in the US have run several campaigns over the years including Aphasia, and during their Aphasia Awareness month.

Speakability in the UK ran campaign.

Aphasia Recovery Connection ran
campaign during Month in October 2021.

These are in addition to giving talks about aphasia, displaying posters about aphasia, making movies and YouTube videos about aphasia, and sharing personal stories and infographics on Facebook etc.

What if we all joined together and shared the same message at the same time, everywhere?

20/09/2026

Messages for raising awareness of aphasia can generally be categorised into

✅ description and definition of aphasia

✅ explanation that aphasia is a loss of language, not intelligence

✅ presentation of statistics about aphasia

✅ provision of tips for communicating with a person with aphasia

(Simmons-Mackie et al., 2020)

What has research found to be most important?

18/09/2026

We want to implement the campaign around the world at the same time - in June 2027. Why?

Many aphasia organisations around the world have adopted June as “Aphasia Awareness Month”, however there is still some variation as to when observances for aphasia occur in different countries.

For example,

October is the aphasia awareness month and 20th October is International Aphasia Day designated by the Association Internationale Aphasie (AIA)

August/September in Stroke Week in Australia is Wednesday Without Words led by the Australian Aphasia Association

Does your country have an aphasia awareness day, week or month?