A special thank you to all those joined us in celebrating our 10-year anniversary last Saturday. We welcomed over 30-guests including people with aphasia, their loved ones, past committee members and people working with aphasia.

@Rotary @VicGovDH 10-milestones for 10-years!

@Rotary 10-milestones for 10-years 🥳 We can’t do our important work without help! @VicGovDH funding has supported us in developing an aphasia awareness campaign and host in-person events, providing people living with aphasia, and their loved ones, invaluable community connection.

We're honoured to have support of @Rotary, including the collaboration of the video campaign "I'm not mad, I'm not deaf" supported by Brighton North Rotary. View the video here: https://t.co/kGNVjsuVVV

@lcfletch @MarcellaC_SP @rose_mirandaros @SRHarvey_ 10-milestones for 10-years 🥳 Our 2023 event highlights included: 📷 45+ people attended 📷 Lived-experience panel discussion 📷 Great networking for people with aphasia, their supporters, and health professionals 📷 A performance by the Stroke a Chord Choir

@lcfletch Of course, we can't do this work without support!

We're also kinda famous 😉 Committee members Anne, Barry, @lcfletch and Catherine appeared on the The House Of Wellness for an aphasia segment 📺 We're incredibly lucky to have wonderful volunteers supporting our work and sharing their stories!

Our video resources is another humble brag! Our library includes long and short content on: ✅ Explainer videos ✅ Accessing welfare support ✅ Lived-experience stories from both carers and people living with aphasia Check them out here 🔗 https://t.co/YAtkb8wJ4C

Apart of our success is a sub-committee of volunteer speech pathologists 🗣️ This has allowed us to support the aphasia community with over 54 personalised responses to questions about therapy services, aphasia information, and support groups.

Our Aphasia Support Program has provided essential therapy tools, allowing people to access specialised apps that make a real difference in their everyday lives 💙

It’s our birthday! For 10-years, Aphasia Victoria have given support and connection to people living with #aphasia, and their families. To celebrate, we are hosting a free event and sharing 10-milestones, for 10 years 🥳 A 🧵

🎉 We’re celebrating 10-years of Aphasia Victoria! 🎉 📆 Saturday 30th November ⏰ 1 - 4pm 📍 Docklands, Melbourne 💲 FREE 🗣️ All welcome (a great networking opportunity for students!) 🎫 https://t.co/QFhO963dqp R/Ts appreciated

🎉 We’re celebrating 10-years of Aphasia Victoria! 🎉 📆 Saturday 30th November ⏰ 1 - 4pm 📍 Docklands, Melbourne 💲 FREE 🗣️ All welcome (a great networking opportunity for students!) 🎫 https://t.co/QFhO963dqp R/Ts appreciated

Speech and communication problems (aphasia) are common after stroke. This new study highlights differences in the quality of care and outcomes for stroke survivors with (vs without) Aphasia Excellent use of linked @AustStrokeReg data to examine specific health impacts of stroke

We are SO proud of @AphasiaVictoria Committee Member, @lcfletch for creating this fantastic resource!

Are you the carer for a person with aphasia post-stroke? We are looking for feedback on a tool to identify carer’s needs https://t.co/mgWVZSI2nf

Reminder: CATs Seminar (8pm tonight for Aus - 9am for UK) - 10 years of methodological advances in aphasia research. Presenters: Prof Miranda Rose [AU] and Prof Lucy Dipper [UK] Register now for your Zoom link - https://t.co/B8QVQqncEM

We were also thrilled to welcome special guests @DrOliviaBall and @rose_mirandaros from @aphasiacre @latrobe @LTUresearchers We hope to host more of these important events for the aphasia community and sincerely thank everyone for their support 🙌

This event also showcased our recent “Conversation, Connection, Community” campaign supported by @VicGovAu, which has delivered a series of animated training videos to help support better conversations with those living with aphasia.

An essential part of this event included a panel that allowed us to hear from people with aphasia, their carers and speech pathologists sharing experiences of living, working and supporting a loved one with aphasia.