Adler Aphasia Center - Social Services

Jennifer Kelemen is the Social Services and Outreach Coordinator of the Adler Aphasia Center in Maywood, New Jersey. June is Aphasia Awareness Month. Aphasia is a language disorder that typically impairs all 4 areas of language. Aphasia affects a person's ability to speak, to understand spoken language, to read and write. This frustrating condition affects a person's ability to comunicate but typically does not affect his or her intellect. Aphasia occurs most often from a stroke, brain injury, brain tumor or other neurological conditions.