Misunderstandings and lack of information about aphasia can cause people to draw conclusions about cognitive ability, such as in the situation with Joe Biden, who has a history of stuttering.

About 200,000 people in the U.S. develop aphasia every year, according to NIH. The family of Bruce Willis shocked his fans Wednesday when they announced the actor is "stepping away" from his career ...

Bruce Willis is stepping away from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia, his family said. Aphasia is a language-communication disorder that typically occurs after a stroke or brain injury. Willis ...

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Living with aphasia has been compared to living in a country where you don’t speak the language. Gestures, sign language or other forms of communication may not be much help. And the people who want ...

Bruce Willis’ family shared last week that he was one of the millions of people diagnosed each year with aphasia, an impairment that alters a person’s ability to speak or read Julie Mazziotta is the ...

Aphasia affects two million Americans, according to the National Aphasia Association (NAA), but a 2016 survey from the organization found that less than nine percent of respondents knew what the ...

Aphasia is a disorder that results in loss of language, usually a result of damage to the parts of the brain that are responsible for language. According to the National Institute on Deafness and ...

CHICAGO -- It would be easy to think of Bruce Willis as indestructible; that is, after all, the image the movie star cultivated for so many years on the big screen. So it was a shock to many when ...

Actor Bruce Willis's family announced Wednesday that he's stepping away from Hollywood. The decision to retire comes after a diagnosis of aphasia, which is a language disorder. Michigan ...

Bruce Willis has aphasia, a language and communication disorder, his family announced on Instagram Wednesday. "As a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career ...