A West Lothian man was shocked after he was diagnosed with a debilitating condition after surviving a stroke. Aphasia came to the public's attention earlier this year when Hollywood superstar Bruce Willis was diagnosed.
But when James Rosie was diagnosed with the illness at the age of 51 neither he nor his wife had heard of it. June marks Aphasia Awareness Month and the condition, where a person has difficulty with their language or speech, is usually caused by damage to the left side of the brain. In James's case, the stroke.
People with Aphasia often have trouble with the four main ways people understand and use language. This includes reading, listening, speaking as well as typing or writing.
