Misunderstandings and lack of information about aphasia can cause people to draw conclusions about cognitive ability, such as in the situation with Joe Biden, who has a history of stuttering.

Expressive aphasia can happen after brain damage and may affect your ability to speak or write. A few signs include using short phrases and substituting words with similar sounds or meanings.

BOSTON (CBS) -- The family of actor Bruce Willis announced Wednesday that the Hollywood star is "stepping away" from his award-winning career because of a recent aphasia diagnosis. "To Bruce's amazing ...

Social communication disorder, also called pragmatic language disorder, is a new entry to the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Before that, the idea ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It would be easy to think of Bruce Willis as indestructible; that is, after all, the image the movie star cultivated for so many years on the big screen. So it was a shock to many ...

Aphasia has threatened to rob film fans of Hollywood’s most die-hard action hero. On Wednesday, Bruce Willis announced he is stepping away from acting amid his life-changing diagnosis with the ...

Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia, a medical condition that leaves patients struggling to understand language and communicate. The TV star was also diagnosed with ...

Aphasia affects two million Americans, according to the National Aphasia Association (NAA), but a 2016 survey from the organization found that less than nine percent of respondents knew what the ...