12 Days of TAP 2018

Rebuilding My Life, One Speech at a Time! – Jeff Charles – I am Jeff Charles and I survived a stroke that took 20% of my brain in February 2017.  When I became conscious after my stroke I realized I […]

Delivering Confidence – Kellie Blackmon – What TAP means to us… I had a stroke two week after I had my second baby.  His name is Carson.  He is eight months old now.  His older brother Riley is eight years […]

We Found A Home – Mary Lucas and Ken Boggs – What TAP means to us… When Ken’s stroke occurred on May 20, 2018, life changed dramatically and forever for both of us.  He awoke from this event with Global […]

Turning 50 with TAP – Helen Moses – On November 8, 2018 I turned 50! A year earlier, on the day I turned 49 and began my 50th year of life, I knew I wanted to do something BIG to […]

Self Esteam – Tamara Lapsley – My name is Tamara Lapsley and I’m a Speech-Language Pathologist and a TAP Communication Support Team volunteer.  A little over 5 years ago, a dear family friend’s 18 year old son — Austin Harrell […]

Caregiving Support – Rozanne Banicki – My mom, Karen, had a stroke three years ago that left her unable to talk.  This has been a huge learning experience that has had its ups and downs.  When we moved to Durham […]

Unexpected Detours – Robin King –  A rare early December winter ice/snow ‘event’ is forecast to impact the RDU area this weekend, but who can know for certain, and how does one prepare?  The grocery, hardware, gas station and adult […]

The People Are the Reason – Heather Garrabrant – About two million people in the US have aphasia.  That’s more people living with aphasia than living with Parkinson’s disease, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), or Multiple Sclerosis, yet about 85% of […]

My Definition of TAP – Joel (Kevin) Coleman – 50 year-old Stroke Survivor – I had my Ischemic stroke on July 15th, 2017 critical part my recovery was getting the TPA in the 4-hour window of time. Medical Staff at […]

Stumbling Into Inspiration – Amy Davis – In my lifetime, I have realized that it is possible to stumble upon opportunities that open up a whole new world in ones’ journey.  This is what happened to me when Maura invited […]

The Phone Call that Changed my Life – Tom Barrett – TAP has changed me and helped me become a better person… I had never heard of Aphasia until August 2015, when a lady called me to help her husband […]

“I Can” and “I Did” Lin D’Antonio My name is Lin D’Antonio.  I had my stroke on June 12, 2015 just five days after returning from a trip to England to visit family living there (not a picture of England, […]