[Dysphagia] off topic: aphasia

[sorriso at adelphia.net (sorriso at adelphia.net)]

I don't know of a therapy but the idea may come from the book, "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" by Betty Edwards and the PT/OT technique of .... oh, what's it called? ... where the therapist immobilizes the good limb for use of the "bad."  I read a bit about this a few years ago (and obviously retained it quite well!).

Linda A. Zanchi, MA CCC-SLP

---- CASK51454 at aol.com wrote: 
> Is anyone familiar with an aphasia therapy that advocates pts using their  
> left (or alternate) hand to practice writing to stimulate language on the right  
> side of the brain?
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