Welcome to the Aphasia Center of Acadiana

We are your local resource to help your loved ones with neurological communication issues.

Store will close 4/18, with goods ready for 5/2!

The Aphasia Center of Acadiana has been hard at work trying to increase access to mental health services (counseling) for people with aphasia. We have been working with two licensed professional counselors in the area to train them on accessible communication for people with aphasia to increase meaningful mental health services, Elizabeth DeVargus, MS, PLPC and Becca Bowers, MS, LPC.

We are also thrilled to announce that the The Stuller Family Foundation has given us a $5000 grant to help support the cost of these services to people with aphasia who are in need. We also will partner with UL Lafayette’s Speech, Language and Hearing Center and UL Lafayette Communicative Disorders Department to provide some of these services at their clinic.

If you are interested in these services (or know someone who would benefit), please let us know and we can get you in contact with one of these trained counselors. If you also need financial assistance for these services, please let us know!

3rd Annual 
​Fundraiser Dinner
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April 16, 2024

News interviews about aphasia!

96.5 KPEL's Brandon Comeaux's interview with our VP of Communications, Ashley Kidd. 

National Aphasia association 

Ask the r.e.a.l. experts

Finding Independence Again

People are made for Socialization 

Life Participation is what we strive for here at Aphasia Center of Acadiana

Our Mission

To provide services and support to persons with neurological impairment, particularly persons with aphasia or other neurological communication disorders, in the Acadiana area, as they strive to regain independence in daily life.

How you can HELP

Make a Donation
We are a non-profit 501c3, all of your donations are tax-deductible. Please consider helping us forward our mission!
Become a Volunteer
Help make a difference by volunteering your time to help us with events/groups/fundraisers. 
Spread Awareness
Based on data sources for stroke, traumatic brain injury and brain tumor, a conservative estimate of people living with aphasia has been revised upward from earlier estimates to approximately 2,500,000 people in the US and 166,000 people in Canada (Mackie et al, 2020). And yet so many people do not know what aphasia is. Help us spread awareness by telling others!

Upcoming Events​

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