Craig Campbell
Lois Turner2020-05-17T11:43:43-07:00My name is Craig Campbell. I am 60 years old and was diagnosed with a rare speech disorder called Primary Progressive Aphasia. I previously held [...]
May 2017
July 2016
Marlene White
Lois Turner2020-05-17T11:48:54-07:00My name is Marlene, I suffer from Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy, which causes my speech to be slurred. People are not able to understand what I’m [...]
February 2016
Christina Murray
Lois Turner2020-05-17T11:53:00-07:00Hi, my name is Christina, I’m eighty eight years old, and I have Primary Progressive Aphasia. I spoke normally until ten years ago. Then I [...]
October 2015
Roy Ward
Lois Turner2020-05-20T15:24:54-07:00My name is Roy. I am now 79 years old and have had MSA since 2008 – Multiple System Atrophy, a neuro-degenerative disease; I have [...]
Norman Gagatek
Lois Turner2020-05-20T15:21:36-07:00Hi. My name is Norm. I had a brainstem stroke 7 years ago, which made my speech hard to understand. My wife, Kim, was having [...]
Carol Huyghe
Lois Turner2020-05-20T15:17:46-07:00Hi, I’m Carol. I have Parkinson’s so I can’t write or speak as clearly as I used to. People were having a hard time understanding [...]
Sean Tagert
Lois Turner2020-05-20T15:12:02-07:00Hi, I'm Sean. I have had ALS for over four years and only in the last year has it impacted my ability to speak. Knowing [...]
Susan Giles
Lois Turner2020-05-17T12:39:58-07:00Hi, my name is Sue. I have Multiple Systems Atrophy (MSA). My speech is getting hard to understand and I find that people do not [...]
May 2015
Neil MacDonald
Lois Turner2020-05-20T15:37:25-07:00Hello, I was a very successful teacher and after I retired I spent twelve years as a Faculty Advisor in the Education Department at UBC. [...]
Lorraine
Lois Turner2020-05-21T13:25:17-07:00Hi, my name is Lorraine. I have Meige’s Syndrome. In my case, it tightens my vocal chords so that it is difficult to speak and [...]