Empowering Communication
Date: September 9, 2026
Topic: Empowering Communication for Health Care and Support
Expert: Brooke Hatfield, MS, CCC-SLP, CAE (Senior Director of Health Care Services at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA))
Description: It takes a lot of communication to manage your health, like making appointments, filling out forms, and talking to doctors. It also takes a lot to manage the non-medical things that affect our health, like housing and utilities. It’s hard for everyone, and can be really hard when you have aphasia.
In this webinar, we talk about some tools and strategies that might make it a little easier. Learn how to use the ACCESS Framework to advocate for your communication needs in medical appointments and more. Learn how to create a Community Resource Plan to identify and use resources online and in your local community.
Resources:
- ASHA Communication Access Page and Resources
- Recommended Online Resources:
- “Ask the Expert” webinar – “Planning for Peace of Mind” (mentioned during webinar)
AFTER the Expert – September 16, 2026
- Learn more about the After the Expert program series.
