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Julia BorsattoDoctoral candidate Julia Borsatto has taken Aphasia Friendly Canada’s training online, including a survey component that will assist her research on awareness of the neurological disorder. Photo by Nicole Willows.

Free online course offers training on aphasia

A UWindsor project offering free online training makes it easier for people everywhere to be more welcoming to those with aphasia.
Nawal MustafaPhD student Nawal Mustafa is trying to improve the mental health of people everywhere by researching ways to improve cognitive testing for South Asian populations and posting self-help tips for her 566,000 followers on Instagram.

Brain coach taking mental health to the masses

PhD student Nawal Mustafa is researching ways to improve cognitive testing for South Asian populations and posting self-help tips on Instagram.

Julia Borsatto, UWindsor clinical neuropsychology graduate student, and Laura Pineault (B.Sc. 2016) are associate directors of Aphasia Friendly Canada.Julia Borsatto, UWindsor clinical neuropsychology graduate student, and Laura Pineault (B.Sc. 2016) are associate directors of Aphasia Friendly Canada.

Researchers work with businesses, community to support people with aphasia

There are few things more dispiriting than losing the ability to communicate. And yet, every year, thousands of people across Canada awake to a new reality filled with elusive words and illegible text.

It’s this growing population that a team from the University of Windsor has set out to provide with a new voice and a new lease on life.