People with aphasia struggle to navigate healthcare services and everyday life. AphasiaAccess grew out of the unmet needs of people living with aphasia as well as frustration with dwindling funding, constraints on services, and a desire for more meaningful outcomes for people with aphasia. Aphasia researchers, innovators, and program founders realized that the outcomes they have measured, and the services they have provided, have profoundly improved how people with aphasia access life’s interactions and activities. The publication of the Life Participation Approaches to Aphasia (LPAA) position paper formalized a new paradigm. Aphasia centers and innovative clinical programs around North America embrace LPAA values. AphasiaAccess represents a unique and innovative alliance of program leaders, healthcare providers, educators, and researchers who set as their priority an exchange of programming knowledge, research collaboration, and best practices in governance, fundraising, and promotion.
