APHASIA ON ACTING

APHASIA ON ACTING

Impact of aphasia on a person’s ability to maintain an acting career/performing

From my career experiences, people with aphasia might need to quit or step away from their acting careers. Chances of one continuing with their performing career are very few as aphasia negatively impacts cognitive functions, including troubled communication, ineffective writing, reading, and understanding what people say to you. Effective verbal or non-verbal communication is an important aspect of acting; aphasia can bring an individual’s acting career as they lack the proper cognitive function to communicate, understand, and express themselves effectively. 

Most Widely Used Treatments for The Condition

The most common aphasia treatments include speech therapy, compensatory assistance, and restorative treatment, depending on the victim’s symptoms.

Ieva Kubiliute

Ieva Kubiliute is a psychologist and a sex and relationships advisor and a freelance writer. She's also a consultant to several health and wellness brands. While Ieva specialises in covering wellness topics ranging from fitness and nutrition, to mental wellbeing, sex and relationships and health conditions, she has written across a diverse range of lifestyle topics, including beauty and travel. Career highlights so far include: luxury spa-hopping in Spain and joining an £18k-a-year London gym. Someone’s got to do it! When she’s not typing away at her desk—or interviewing experts and case studies, Ieva winds down with yoga, a good movie and great skincare (affordable of course, there’s little she doesn’t know about budget beauty). Things that bring her endless joy: digital detoxes, oat milk lattes and long country walks (and sometimes jogs).

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