How do people get to the Adler Aphasia Center in Maywood, NJ?

The Adler Aphasia Center does not provide transportation to its Maywood, NJ location. Members travel in a variety of ways, including driving themselves, receiving rides from friends or family members, using county or state para-transit services, private transportation companies, taxis, or public transportation such as NJ Transit bus service.

How can I locate a certified speech therapist near Maywood, NJ?

To find a certified speech-language pathologist, the Adler Aphasia Center recommends using the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) online directory. ASHA provides a searchable database of certified speech therapists across New Jersey and nationwide.

Once I am a member of the Adler Aphasia Center, how long can I stay?

Members may remain at the Adler Aphasia Center for as long as they wish. There is no graduation or term limit. Members continue participating as long as they have aphasia, meet membership criteria, remain interested in the programs, and maintain tuition requirements.

When can I start participating in group programs at the Adler Aphasia Center?

New members can begin participating at the Maywood, NJ Center at the start of a new semester after completing a tour and the Aphasia Education Program. Other locations, including Toms River and West Orange, offer rolling admission. Details are available on the "How To Become a Member" page of the Adler Aphasia Center website.

Does the Adler Aphasia Center accept private insurance or Medicare?

The Adler Aphasia Center does not bill or accept private insurance or Medicare. As a non-profit community and social center for people with aphasia, the programs offered differ from traditional speech therapy services typically covered by insurance.

What types of therapy or rehabilitation services does the Adler Aphasia Center provide?

The Adler Aphasia Center is a social and community-based program for people with aphasia and their families or caregivers. It offers group discussions and activities facilitated by speech-language pathologists, trained staff, volunteers, and members. The Center follows the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia and does not provide individual speech therapy services.

Do you help people with aphasia every day, and what insurance do you accept?

The Adler Aphasia Center supports people with aphasia through scheduled weekday programs, typically Monday through Friday during business hours. Because the Center is a non-profit social and support organization rather than a medical provider, it does not accept insurance. For specific scheduling questions, individuals are encouraged to contact the Center directly.

Your $11 sponsors a class today.

Today, a member with aphasia is in a room with a Speech-Language Pathologist and a community that understands and supports them, and your gift is the reason that room is open.

When the words leave.

In the U.S., aphasia happens to someone roughly every six minutes. Usually it’s a stroke. Sometimes a brain injury. Almost always, it happens in an instant, and the person it happens to is still all the way themselves on the inside. They just can’t find the words to express it.

Insurance covers the acute part. The hospital, the rehab, the first weeks. Then, somewhere around the time a person is starting to understand how much has actually changed, the coverage stops. The clinical word is “plateaued.”

That's where Adler Aphasia Center steps in.

We’re the only place of its kind in New Jersey: a community center, run by licensed Speech-Language Pathologists, where people with aphasia and the families who love them can keep rebuilding their lives for as long as they need to.

Unfortunately, insurance does not cover what we offer. We run on people like you.

The quiet way to make the biggest difference.

Most of our doors stay open because of monthly sponsors. People who decided, once, to back a member's seat for as long as they're able. You can cancel any time, change the amount any time, and the form takes about thirty seconds.

$5/month — keep someone in our community.

$11/month — sponsor a class, every month.

$25/month — sponsor a class twice a month, for a member on scholarship.

$100/month — cover an entire ACG semester scholarship every season.

Pick the gift that fits.

Every amount below maps to a real piece of someone's day. This is the actual cost of running a class, a day, a semester.

Amount

What It Sponsors

In Practice

$11

One class for one member.

Pays for the SLP-led art, tech, cooking, or conversation session a member sits in this afternoon.

$33

A full day of programming.

Three classes, lunch in community, and the support that comes with it, for one member, for one day.

$100

A week’s worth of art supplies.

Paints, paper, brushes, adapted recipe cards. The small tangible things that make a class actually happen.

$300

A full ACG semester scholarship.

Covers one member’s seat in an Aphasia Communication Group for an entire semester. 30 sessions of practice in a room where no one rushes them.

$1000

A Full-Service semester.

A semester at one of our campuses, every program, every group, every day. For one member who otherwise couldn’t be here.

$3000

A full year for one member.

All three semesters. An entire year of the place that gave them their community back.

~89¢ of every dollar funds programs.

We publish a full annual report every year and we'd rather be transparent than impressive.
Here's the short version:

Roughly 89% of every dollar we raise funds programs. Our SLPs, the classes, the supplies, the scholarships.

The rest covers operations: the website you're on, the financial audits we're required to publish, the team that keeps the lights on at four campuses.

We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your gift is fully tax-deductible. EIN 02-0687863.

You can read our most recent annual report and audited financials

Not the right moment?

Here are five other ways to help.

Give a one-time gift in honor or memory of someone.

Set up a recurring monthly gift.

Include Adler in your estate plan. Ask about our Legacy Society.

Make a Qualified Charitable Distribution from your IRA.

Sponsor a class, a program, or a member as an individual or company. Email to talk it through.

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Is my gift tax-deductible?

Yes. Adler Aphasia Center is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. EIN 02-0687863. You'll receive a receipt by email the moment the gift goes through.

How much of my donation actually reaches the programs?

Roughly 89 cents of every dollar funds programs: SLP salaries, classes, materials, scholarships. The rest covers the operations required to run a multi-campus nonprofit responsibly. We publish our full audited financials every year.

What does "sponsoring a class" actually mean?

Our programs are taught by licensed Speech-Language Pathologists in small groups. Each class – art, tech, cooking, conversation, has real costs. When you sponsor a class at $11, you're paying that cost for one member, one session.

Can I designate where my gift goes?

Yes. On the donation form you can direct your gift toward general programs, Full-Service scholarships, ACG scholarships, or caregiver programs.

Can I cancel a recurring gift?

Yes, any time. One click in the email receipt, or one email to us. We'd rather have a happy donor for a year than a frustrated one indefinitely.

How do scholarships actually work?

Members who apply for scholarships submit financial documentation. We use a consistent eligibility process across the board so the donors who fund scholarships know they're going to people who genuinely need them. No one is turned away for an inability to pay; we cover the difference.

Can I visit?

Please! Tours are free, available at all three campuses (Maywood, Toms River, West Orange), and the easiest way to see what your gift actually does. Schedule a visit today!

The door's open. Every gift keeps it that way.

Whether it's $11 or $1,100, recurring or one-time, you become part of how Adler stays here for the family that walks in next week, and the one after that.