Transmute: finding pathways through aphasia

Authors

Faith Burton

Senior Project Advisor

Kelli Evans

Document Type

Project

Publication Date

Fall 2025

Keywords

aphasia, documentary, communication disorder, speech, language, and hearing sciences, SLP, speech language pathology, acquired communication disorder, stroke, TBI, brain tumor, educational, aphasia awareness, video, rehabilitation, mental health, psychology

Abstract

Aphasia is a communication disorder that affects a person's ability to speak, read, write and understand language. Research has shown that aphasia can greatly affect mental health, causing higher rates of depression, stress and isolation in the lives of people with aphasia. This educational documentary focuses on telling the stories of real lived experiences of 4 individuals with aphasia and 3 caregivers/spouses of people with aphasia, and bridges the fields of psychology and speech, language and hearing sciences. It highlights the Western Washington University speech, language and hearing clinic's aphasia group and provides expertise from clinicians and staff that work at work there. This documentary was created with the goal to humanize communication disorders and spread awareness of aphasia.

[Supporting materials for the documentary are included as supplementary files with this page.]

Department

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Recommended Citation

Burton, Faith, "Transmute: finding pathways through aphasia" (2025). WWU Honors College Senior Projects. 1047.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwu_honors/1047

Type

Text

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf