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Resources

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Books, Magazines & Links

100 Questions & Answers About Stroke: A Lahey Clinic Guide

By Kinan K. Hreib, M.D., Ph.D.

After a Stroke: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier

After a Stroke: 500 Tips for Living Well

A Guide for Patients and Families

A Mind of My Own: Memoir of Recovery from Aphasia

By Harrianne Mills

A Piece of Her Mind: A Mother-Daughter Journey Through Stroke and Recovery

By Mona Gupton and Stacey Gupton

Barkin’ Dog: How to Talk with Aphasia

Beamer Learns the Signs of Stroke and How to Help

By Cindy Chambers

Brain and Life Magazine

By American Academy of Neurology

Available free of charge to individuals with a neurologic disorder, their caregivers, and family members/friends residing in the U.S. only.

brainandlife.org

Brain, Heal Thyself: A Caregiver’s New Approach to Recovery from Stroke, Aneurysm, and Traumatic Brain Injuries

By Madonna Siles

Bungalow Software – Speech and Language Software

Designed and tested

By Speech therapists

Computer based for word retrieval, articulation, reading comprehension, memory, logic and reasoning, aphasia, apraxia, cognitive deficits, dysarthria, and more.

bungalowsoftware.com

Coping with Stroke: 50 Answers to Everyday Caregiver Challenges

By Monica Vest Wheeler

Creative Caregiving

By James R. Sherman, Ph.D

Different Strokes: An Intimate Memoir for Stroke Survivors, Families, and Caregivers

By Steven Boorstein

Don’t Leave Me This Way: Or When I Get Back on My Feet You’ll Be Sorry

By Julia Fox Garrison

Eureka! Memories and Motivations: A Strategy for Creating a Healing Home for the Stroke/Brain Injury Patient and Caregiver

By Madonna Siles C.P.C.

Get To Be Happy: Stories and Secrets to Loving the Sh*t Out of Life

Highs, Lows, and Plateaus: A Path to Recovery from Stroke

By Anne Burleigh Jacobs, PT, PhD

Hope: A Stroke Recovery Guide

By the National Stroke Association

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How to Conquer Hobbies with One Hand

50 Tips and Tools to Make Things

By Paul E. Berger and Stephanie Mensh

How to Conquer the World with One Hand…and An Attitude

By Paul E. Berger and Stephanie Mensh

How to Get SSI and Social Security Disability: An insider’s Step by Step Guide

I’ll Carry the Fork! Recovering a Life After Brain Injury

By Kara L. Swanson

In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed

By Carl Honoré

I’ve Been Thinking…Reflections, Prayers, and Mediations for a Meaningful Life

By Maria Shriver

Lessons from the Ancients: A Humorously Helpful Guide for Caregiving

By J. Dyess Calhoun

Like A Bolt: Tragedy to Triumph After Stroke as I Lived It

Living with Stroke: A Guide for Families

By Richard Senelick, M.D., and Karla Dougherty

Loving What Is: Four Questions that can Change Your Life

By Byron Katie with Stephen Mitchell

Mediations for Caregivers: Practical, Emotional, and Spiritual Support for You and Your Family

By Barry J. Jacobs, PsyD, and Julia L. Mayer, PsyD

Mom Had a Stroke

By Delanie L. Stephenson

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey

By Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.

Navigating the Complexities of Stroke

By Louis R. Caplan MD

Nolo’s Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting & Keeping Your Benefits

By David A. Morton III, M.D

Now One Foot, Now the Other

By Tomie dePaola

One-Handed in a Two-Handed World

By Tommye-Karen Mayer

One Stroke, Two Survivors

By Berenice Kleiman

Port in The Storm: How to Make a Medical Decision and Live to Tell About It

By Cole A. Giller, M.D., Ph.D.

Positive Caregiver Attitudes

By James R. Sherman, Ph.D

Rewire Your Brain, Rewire Your Life: A Handbook for Stroke Survivors & Their Caregivers

Stroke, Brain Assault

By Madelina A. DePaz

Stroke Connection Magazine

By American Stroke Association

strokeconnection

Stroke Smart Magazine

By National Stroke Association

Stronger After Stroke: Your Roadmap to Recovery

By Peter G. Levine

Tactus Therapy Solutions

12-page list of apps

tactustherapy.com

Talking About Aphasia

By Susie Parr, Sally Byng, and Sue Gilpin with Chris Ireland

The Brain that Changes Itself

Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

By Norman Doidge, M.D

The Calm Before the Storm: A Stroke Survivor’s Story

By Delanie L. Stephenson

The Comfort of Home for Stroke: A Guide for Caregivers

By Maria M. Meyer and Paula Derr, RN with Jon Caswell, Stroke Connection Magazine

The Magic of Humor in Caregiving

By James R. Sherman, Ph.D

The Stroke Recovery Book

By Kip Burkman, M.D.

The Ten Things to Do When Your Life Falls Apart: An Emotional and Spiritual Handbook

By Daphne Rose Kingma

The Tough & Tender Caregiver: A Handbook for the Well Spouse

By David A. Travland, Ph.D. and Rhonda Travland

To Love What Is: A Marriage Transformed

By Alix Kates Shulman

You Can Do It! 105 Thoughts, Feelings and Solutions to Inspire You

By Paul Berger and Stephanie Mensh

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