Stroke Training and Awareness Resources (STARs)


Aphasia 1.4

4. Problems which may be experienced when writing

stroke-sufferer sees a flower but hand-writes it as 'fowler' which is a letter error; alternatively writes it as 'toilet' which is a word error

The stroke-sufferer sees a flower but hand-writes it as ‘fowler’ which is a letter error; alternatively writes it as ‘toilet’ which is a word error.

The person may have difficulty with spelling and get the letters in the wrong order or they may write a completely different word to the one they meant to, Sometimes the person may have difficulty forming sentences and organising ideas into logical ideas.

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