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:

YouTube Channels:

Talking to children about aphasia:

  • National Aphasia Association (NAA) has a great resource for talking to children about aphasia.
  • 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