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Success Stories

Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Success Story”

Putting Aside the Rivalry for Recovery: A Loyal Buckeye Fan Seeks Treatment at U-M

August 7, 2018 News, Success Story

Name: Cris Assif Hometown: Champions Gate, FL Cris Assif is a self-proclaimed “Buckeye for life,” but after a stroke paralyzed the entire right side of his body and left him unable to even swallow, he knew he needed the best…
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Theron & Amy: Tackling Aphasia, Together

July 26, 2018 News, Success Story

Client: Theron Coleman  Hometown: Suttons Bay, MI  Theron and Amy Coleman make a great team — whether they are working on their family-owned cherry farm or parenting their three kids. Together, they have weathered Theron’s stroke and subsequent aphasia and…
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In Their Words: Aphasia Experiences – Al Part 2

July 2, 2018 News, Success Story

In the spirit of Let’s #TalkAboutAphasia, the National Aphasia Association‘s nationwide aphasia awareness campaign, we wanted to do just that — talk about aphasia — but we also wanted to ensure the voices of people with aphasia were part of…
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In Their Words: Aphasia Experiences – Chris

June 28, 2018 News, Success Story

In the spirit of Let’s #TalkAboutAphasia, the National Aphasia Association‘s nationwide aphasia awareness campaign, we wanted to do just that — talk about aphasia — but we also wanted to ensure the voices of people with aphasia were part of…
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In Their Words: Aphasia Experiences – Theron

June 21, 2018 News, Success Story

In the spirit of Let’s #TalkAboutAphasia, the National Aphasia Association‘s nationwide aphasia awareness campaign, we wanted to do just that — talk about aphasia — but we also wanted to ensure the voices of people with aphasia were part of…
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In Their Words: Aphasia Experiences – Cris

June 14, 2018 News, Success Story

In the spirit of Let’s #TalkAboutAphasia, the National Aphasia Association‘s nationwide aphasia awareness campaign, we wanted to do just that — talk about aphasia — but we also wanted to ensure the voices of people with aphasia were part of…
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In Their Words: Aphasia Experiences – Al

June 6, 2018 News, Success Story

In the spirit of Let’s #TalkAboutAphasia, the National Aphasia Association‘s nationwide aphasia awareness campaign, we wanted to do just that — talk about aphasia — but we also wanted to ensure the voices of people with aphasia were part of…
AphasiaAphasia TreatmentIn Their Wordslanguage skillsspeaking after strokeSpeech RecoverySuccess StoryUCLLUMAPVideo

The Ripple Effect: The Benefits of the U-M Aphasia Program Three Decades Later

April 23, 2018 News, Success Story

  Client: Kevin Tholin Hometown: Kewanee, Illinois  It has been decades since Kevin Tholin attended the University of Michigan Aphasia Program — but he credits his time spent at U-M with making those years more valuable to him. “I’ve been…
AphasiaAphasia TreatmentLiving with AphasiaSpeech RecoveryUCLL

Suddenly, I Felt There Was Hope: Jo Anne Nestico’s Story

February 1, 2018 Success Story

Jo Anne Nestico of Harrison Township, Michigan, first experienced language problems when she was eating dinner with her husband. She said she felt fine, but she couldn’t speak in sentences and words that were different than the ones she was…
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