In this podcast we interview Jessica Cannons and Katherine Buckeridge. When Jess was ten she suffered a serious stroke due to a cardiotoxic chemotherapy drug she was taking for her first cancer. She talks about what life was like after the stroke and her journey through rehabilitation. Katherine is a specialist speech and language therapist who worked with Jess following the stroke. Katherine published an article on her research about childhood acquired brain injuries in the International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders.
References:
Buckeridge K, Clarke C, Sellers D. (2020) Adolescents’ experiences of communication following acquired brain injury
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1460-6984.12506
Useful links:
The Children’s Trust https://www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk in particular these pages https://www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/brain-injury-information
The Child Brain Injury Trust https://childbraininjurytrust.org.uk/
The Stroke Association https://www.stroke.org.uk/childhood-stroke
The United Kingdom Brain Injury Forum https://ukabif.org.uk/
The interview is conducted by Jacques Strauss, freelance digital producer.
Please be aware that the views expressed are those of the guests and not the RCSLT.
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