Aphasia and family therapy

In aphasia rehabilitation a growing awareness can be traced among clinicians concerning the problems faced by families of aphasics. Early work by important contributors, such as Wepman (1951) and others, emphasized the importance of the family in the rehabilitation process. Difficulties of readjustment were shown to be present in the aphasic's family, a finding with implications for rehabilitation. This paper aims to address these problems and to suggest one way in which to deal with aphasia as a family problem as well as a severe individual handicap.