Aphasias

Chapter 1: Shock Jock From St. Croix to New York City. Williams has had a passion for radio since she started her career 30 years ago. She worked as a radio DJ at Northeastern University’s radio station in Boston when she studied there. Her big break came when two stations in New York City and Washington, D.C. hired her. She began her professional radio career at WVIS, a small station in Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands, that played calypso and reggae music, but she was unhappy there because…

To what extent do you believe that Kirn’s critique of American education is valid? What evidence do you have for your thesis? Lost in the Meritocracy: A Brief Summary: The story “Lost in Meritocracy” by Walter Kirn is memoir about Kirn’s education. Kirn’s memoir shows how America’s Education system has removed value from learning, and awarded those who learned to trick it. He was a student that “lived for prizes,praise, and distinction”, acing the SAT, “only caring about the next report card”.…

According to the DSM-V (2013), Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is defined as a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development (DSM-V) for at least six months. ADHD has two sub-types that can present independently or combined. Inattention manifests in behavioral symptoms like difficulty sustaining attention in tasks and play activities, failure to give close attention to details or make careless mistakes,…

This project involved working with a client with acquired aphasia in writing a book about a topic of their choosing. The goal of this program was not only to increase physical communication abilities, but also to increase positive attitudes about rehabilitation. The SLPs who directed this program taught me how…

abortion in this debate. But, Warren’s suggested traits are demoralizing, and discriminatory to those who do not possess these traits—not just to the unborn,— but even to the born. Take for example, those with communicative disabilities such as: global aphasia…

from the ages of 3 to 87. Similarly, I had gained experience with various disorders in this setting, which included: dysphagia, expressive/ receptive language, articulation/ phonology, voice, cognitive disorders, cerebrovascular accidents (CVA), aphasia, demyelinating diseases, Autism spectrum disorder, and AAC. The externship began with a crossover week in which I observed my supervisor and former graduate interns working with all the patients. I gradually took over lesson planning and therapy…

My nigga Sigmund Freud was a neurologist and was known as the motherfucking father of psychoanalysis, which you know I personally think that some people may need for banning me for posting a screenshot someone else took, but ya know I feel you, gotta run the group to your liking, but anyways. He was born into some god damn Jewish family and I'm kinda glad Hitler didn't get that mother fucker because he died in 1939 and that's like three years after the Holocaust began. He went to university at…

Chapter 1: Shock Jock From St. Croix to New York City Radio was already in Williams’ blood when she began her career there 30 years ago. She’d had experience working as a radio DJ for Northeastern University’s radio station in Boston when she was there. Her biggest radio break, though, came from being hired to work at two stations in Washington, D.C., and NYC1. Two weeks after graduating from Northeastern, Williams began her career as a disc jockey, working for the small, calypso- and…

developing new techniques, giving them the ability to communicate and satisfy Roger’s needs. Cognitively, he is in the right state of mind and can think according upon his understand. He just cannot say or write down what he is thinking, known as aphasia, in psychologically terms. According to Erikson’s psychosocial stages, Roger has reached the last stage (Ego Integrity vs. Despair) because he has successfully raised his children and accomplished his life goals, giving him wisdom, and looking…

On November 28, 2008, Philadelphian journalist Brian Hickey went to a bar in the city to meet up with some old friends. On his walk to the train station to return home, he was struck by a car and left for dead, unconscious, on the poorly-lit street. Luckily, a nearby resident heard the accident and called the police as the car sped off. Paramedics rushed him to Cooper University Hospital where he was immediately intubated and monitored for stability. Brian’s simple night out ended with him…