Living with progressive nonfluent aphasia

Jane describes her experience of living with a diagnosis of an atypical form of progressive nonfluent aphasia.

There are a number of very straightforward things that Jane explains, that people can do to help her, including:
• don’t speak too fast
• minimise background noise
• give me time to answer – don’t answer for me
• include and involve me

Symptoms of PNFA include:
• Slow, hesitant speech
• Difficulty finding the right word to say
• Pronouncing words incorrectly
• ‘Telegraphic’ speech
• Producing the wrong grammar
• Saying the opposite word to the one they mean to say
• Problems with reading
• Problems with spelling