Books, Podcasts and Videos
Books:
- Stronger After Stroke by Peter Levine
- Stroke Diary: The Secret of Aphasia Recovery by Thomas Broussard, Jr, Ph.D.
- Hope After Stroke for Caregivers and Survivor by Tsgoyna Tanzman, MA, CCC-SLP
- The ABC’s of Aphasia: A Stroke Primer by Thomas Broussard, Jr, Ph.D.
- Identity Theft: Rediscovering Ourselves After Stroke by Debra E. Meyerson, PhD
- Aphasia Handbook: a guide for stroke and brain injury survivors and their families by Joan Peters, and Martha Taylor Sarno
- Anything But Frank by Ken Kerns (MnCAN Board President 2025)
- Strokeland A Memoir by Lynette Lamb (MnCAN Board Member 2025)
Podcasts:
- “Slow Road to Better” podcast produced by the Stroke Comeback Center. Search your favorite podcast app to listen.
- Aphasia Access Conversations podcast: https://www.aphasiaaccess.org/podcasts/
- Lingraphica: 5 Podcasts For Anyone Living With Aphasia: https://lingraphica.com/2021/10/25/living-with-aphasia-podcasts/
- Noggins & Neurons Podcast
- Brain Friends Podcast
YouTube Channels:
- National Aphasia Association: https://www.youtube.com/@NationalAphasiaAssoc
- Aphasia Phil on YouTube
- Minnesota Connect Aphasia Now (MnCAN): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCZIYDsWroxMUmDc5vKnEQ
- Tactus Therapy: https://www.youtube.com/@Tactustherapy
Talking to children about aphasia:
- National Aphasia Association (NAA) has a great resource for talking to children about aphasia.
- Talking to Kids About Aphasia: https://aphasia.org/stories/talking-kids-aphasia/
- Explaining Aphasia to Children: https://aphasia.org/stories/explaining-aphasia-to-children/
- Children’s book explaining aphasia (available on Amazon and other booksellers)
- Why is Papa Talking Funny? A Children’s Book About Aphasia by Crystal Holscher (available on Amazon and other booksellers)
- The New Ways We Talk: A Story about a Parent’s Aphasia for Young Children by Brielle C Stark (available on Amazon and other booksellers)
- Listen With Your Heart: Helping Kids Understand Stroke and Aphasia by Lisa Samson (available on Amazon and other booksellers)
- I Know She Still Loves Me: Explaining Expressive Aphasia to Children by Elizabeth A Morrison and Erin A McGillivray
Page Updated October 2025
