In this essay, I will be talking about PPA and how it effects one individual diagnosed with it. There will be a summary and critique of the language and content used to describe and diagnose PPA. Some articles written about the syndromes of neurodegenerative disorders might have incorrect information and stigmatizing language. In this essay, there will be a summary of the article, the accuracy of it and the critique of the language used.
This article goes into the diagnosis and rehabilitation of Mr. Steve Riedmer of Schaumberg who was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia (PPA). He noticed that he had difficulty retrieving words and was unable to remember numbers which is crucial to his job as a tool and die maker. The first neurologist …show more content…
In the article, it has been stated that PPA is one of the types of brain diseases not a syndrome of brain diseases. PPA is a part of the Alzheimer’s disease as Alzheimer’s disease is about how the abnormalities in the brain that affect memory, motor and cognitive skills in the long run. PPA is a distinct type of the Alzheimer’s as instead of affecting memory or motor areas, the abnormalities accumulate and affect the language area of the brain. In the article, it has been stated that PPA is the form of dementia, but it doesn’t explain whether it is Alzheimer’s dementia or something else different. In the article, it has been said that Mr. Reidmer was thought to be stricken with a stroke, but it turns out later to be PPA. For PPA to occur as a syndrome, a neurogenerative disease would have struck him. But his past medical history is not fully given to explain how he got PPA. This will confuse some of the readers as they don’t see what caused it. Another problem I found in the article was that therapy was focused on Mr. Reidmer language strengths. It emphasized the patient’s strengths to be focused on during therapy. The National Aphasia Association recommends to look at the weaknesses of the patient, their strengths which can be preserved and what strengths they want to keep in intact in planning the therapy. The article does not mention any of that or what the patient wanted to focus on during their
This article goes into the diagnosis and rehabilitation of Mr. Steve Riedmer of Schaumberg who was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia (PPA). He noticed that he had difficulty retrieving words and was unable to remember numbers which is crucial to his job as a tool and die maker. The first neurologist …show more content…
In the article, it has been stated that PPA is one of the types of brain diseases not a syndrome of brain diseases. PPA is a part of the Alzheimer’s disease as Alzheimer’s disease is about how the abnormalities in the brain that affect memory, motor and cognitive skills in the long run. PPA is a distinct type of the Alzheimer’s as instead of affecting memory or motor areas, the abnormalities accumulate and affect the language area of the brain. In the article, it has been stated that PPA is the form of dementia, but it doesn’t explain whether it is Alzheimer’s dementia or something else different. In the article, it has been said that Mr. Reidmer was thought to be stricken with a stroke, but it turns out later to be PPA. For PPA to occur as a syndrome, a neurogenerative disease would have struck him. But his past medical history is not fully given to explain how he got PPA. This will confuse some of the readers as they don’t see what caused it. Another problem I found in the article was that therapy was focused on Mr. Reidmer language strengths. It emphasized the patient’s strengths to be focused on during therapy. The National Aphasia Association recommends to look at the weaknesses of the patient, their strengths which can be preserved and what strengths they want to keep in intact in planning the therapy. The article does not mention any of that or what the patient wanted to focus on during their