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About the Center
We are a resource for people with aphasia, their caregivers, and the community. Through our innovative group programming, we:
  • Provide a therapeutic environment that promotes successful living with aphasia
  • Create opportunities for social connection
  • Break down barriers to communication
  • Advocate through research and education initiatives
  • Foster hope


We welcome people with Aphasia, their caregivers, family and friends. You will find support, caring and encouragement at the center as well as meaningful programs and activities.
Adler Aphasia Center in the News
Aphasia: Local center helps anguished victims of language loss, Jewish Standard, 8/13/2010

NJ Gov. Thomas Kean about the importance of public awareness of aphasia.


The Center was featured on WABC News with Dr. Jay Adlersberg.


 


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New Jersey Senators Loretta Weinberg and Diane Allen and Assemblypersons Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Gordon Johnson, Connie Wagner, and Joan Voss introduced a bill in the NJ Legislature (#S1931 and #A2811) to establish a New Jersey Aphasia Study Commission. This study commission would assess the prevalence and needs of people with aphasia and their families in NJ.

- Click here for a link to the bill: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/S2000/1931_I1.PDF

Our Advocacy Group has drafted a sample letter encouraging NJ legislators to support this bill. If you live in NJ, please download the letter, sign it, and send it to your representatives in Trenton. Feel free to use the letter as is or personalize it. Share it with your friends/family in NJ and encourage them to write to their legislators, too. Click here to download letter.

The sooner our representatives hear from us, the better! Contact your Senator and Assemblypersons today. To look up NJ legislative districts by city/town, click here: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/municipalities.asp
For your NJ legislators' contact information, click on your district on this map: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/njmap210.html
To read the full text of the bill, click here: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/S2000/1931_I1.PDF