When I moved here to begin graduate school at UNC-Chapel Hill, I knew I wanted to work in a medical setting with adults who suffered from neurological trauma or disease. I felt blessed to move to an area that was bursting at the seams with major medical centers!
What I didn’t know, however, was that I had also moved right next door to a different kind of a center, a center where patients could move on to gain lifelong connections, friendships, and communicative support. Not long after I began my studies at Carolina, I heard about the Triangle Aphasia Project—a place that embraced the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia in an incredible way! I knew I had to wiggle my way in there somehow.