Aphasia

A language disorder that affects a person's ability to communicate, including difficulties with speaking, understanding speech, reading, and writing. Aphasia typically results from brain injury, most commonly stroke, and its severity and specific manifestations vary widely. In digital accessibility contexts, aphasia presents unique challenges for reading support because it may affect word retrieval, sentence comprehension, and the ability to process complex text. Reading support technologies for people with aphasia have included lexical simplification, visual aids, and gamified therapy applications.