Recent News
Stroke Across America Documentary!
Ride alongside Debra Meyerson, Stanford professor, athlete, mother, and stroke survivor, on Stroke Across America. On this 100-day, coast-to-coast bike adventure, Debra builds meaningful connections between survivors of stroke and aphasia, raises issues in the medical system faced by her community, and proves first hand that life after a stroke can still be full of purpose, joy and perseverance.
Happy Aphasia Awareness Month
Aphasia Forward is an online peer support group made for and by people living with Aphasia. If you are interested in learning more about their mission and support resources, you may visit their website at aphasiaforward.com to learn more.
Their website includes information about:
- Aphasia Forward and its mission
- Volunteer hosts with Aphasia Forward
- Conversation and support groups
- What aphasia is and how it affects communication
We hope many will learn more about aphasia and find peer support through Aphasia Forward! Once again, Happy Aphasia Awareness Month!
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Jerome Kaplan selected as the recipient of the 2025 ASHA Outstanding Clinical Service Award.
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Jerome Kaplan was presented with the Outstanding Service Award at the 2025 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention in Washington DC on Friday November 21st. This prestigious honor is given to only two individuals nationally each year and is designed to recognize living ASHA members or National Office personnel who have offered outstanding and exemplary service … on behalf of individuals in their communities with unserved speech, language or hearing needs.
Jerome was nominated and selected for this award in recognition of his impactful and long-standing service to the aphasia community. He was recognized at the awards ceremony at the national convention in front of thousands of his peers.
Congratulations, Jerry!
A New ARC Documentary, “Living With Aphasia”
The Aphasia Resource Center is launching a documentary-style series to help explain aphasia, a communication disorder that impairs a person's ability to process language. Check out a teaser clip of the soon-to-be-released video below.
A “Brief but Spectacular” Take on How Language is Your Life
The BU Aphasia Resource Center was recently featured on the PBS NewsHour's Brief But Spectacular segment: “how language is your life.” ARC community members Kate Kennedy and Allen Oliver shared their stories and journeys relearning to read, write, and speak after experiencing a life-changing stroke.
"With BU, all these people who have aphasia became a community."
Aphasia Resource Center Members Walk With Matt Green, star of “The World Before Your Feet”
Members of the Aphasia Resource Center walked through the Kenmore and Fenway neighborhoods with Matt Green, star of "The World Before Your Feet." Matt has walked more than 8,000 miles through all five boroughs of New York City. Another walk will take place in Fall 2019 as a fundraiser for the Aphasia Resource Center with the Sargent College chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA).
Jerry Kaplan Receives Innovator Award at Aphasia Access Leadership Summit
Jerry Kaplan, clinical supervisor and long-time speech-language pathologist at theARC, was honored as the 2019 recipient of the Innovator Award at the Aphasia Access Leadership Summit.
“After Words”: Documentary Co-Produced by Jerome Kaplan
The documentary "After Words" was co-produced by Sargent speech-language pathologist Jerome Kaplan and filmmaker Vincent Straggas. It features members of the BU Aphasia Community Group and others touched by aphasia and related disorders.
View the ASHA Leader article,“After Words”: The Story Behind the Film
Aphasia Community Group Celebrates 25th Anniversary
(Fall 2015) The Aphasia Community Group was featured in the Fall 2015 issue of Inside Sargent magazine.
Stroke Connection Magazine Features the Aphasia Community Group
(Fall 2015) "In collaboration with the Sargent Aphasia Resource Center, we have developed such innovative programs as an intensive aphasia treatment program, an aphasia community chorus, and have provided numerous opportunities for our members to participate in research, which has led to innovative treatment programs such as Constant Therapy," - Jerome Kaplan