Australian Aphasia Association

About Australian Aphasia Association

The Australian Aphasia Association provides support and information for people with aphasia and their families. The association also organises a bi- annual conference. Phone: Please leave your details on the answer phone and someone will call you back at a convienent time. Aphasia is a language disorder caused by damage to the temporal lobe or higher up in the frontal lobe. It causes problems with receptive and expressive functions. Aphasia is an impairment in understanding and/or formulating complex, meaningful elements of language. It causes problems with words and word order making difficulties in reading and writing. Aphasia is a loss of language skills usually caused by brain attack (stroke) or brain injury.