In this episode of Brain Friends we talk about having aphasia on vacation, paraphrasing as a successful communication tool, and #aphasia trending after a celebrity diagnosis. Angie shares fluency and relaxation tips important for airport travel and social communication with friends and family. Dr. Seles learns the importance of making sure practitioners and researchers focus on functional language that helps with community integration of social activities like dining out.  Together we address an ongoing question in the field, if practitioners should still classify aphasia types?  We end this episode with a question everyone listening should answer and ask someone with aphasia. “What do you wish more people knew about aphasia?

What Speech-Language Pathologists Do: Aphasia, Stroke, and the SLP Role

&nbsp;Brain Friends: The Podcast is a global space for stroke, science, and equity. Hosted by Angie Cauthorn — two-time stroke survivor and unapologetic aphasia advocate — this show unpacks the cognitive, behavioral and communication disorders that follow stroke, and the systems that shape recovery.This podcast began with my friend and co-host, Dr. D. Seles Gadson — a brilliant neuroscientist, speech-language pathologist, and fearless champion for equity in healthcare. Her work focused on health disparities in aphasia care, particularly within the Black community, and she believed deeply in making science accessible for all. I carry her legacy forward in every conversation.There are no survivor interviews here. Instead, we focus on the research, the roadblocks, and the real work of making neurorehabilitation more equitable, inclusive, and understood — especially for people with aphasia.Our listeners span over 80 countries and include speech-language pathology professionals, researchers, and people with aphasia who want more than inspiration — they want information that matters.If you're here to rethink recovery, reimagine access, and stay grounded in the science — you're in the right place.&nbsp;Welcome to Brain Friends.