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Winston in Brooke's lab
Miss Autummus J. McDoggimus, Bob's lab
An open letter to Brooke
Thanks Brooke for taking the nice pictures of Winston and your colleagues. After seeing a picture of your lab (with Winston in it of course), Bob Dorr, Winston's friend, decided to send a picture of Autumn, his labrador retriever, to you, cc'd to a few of his friends. Bob is wondering if his lab is just as nice as your lab.
We hope you enjoyed browsing the pictures Winston and Brooke took at the Ohio University. We've just uploaded two video clips each of Winston's presentations at the Ohio University and at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago on Wiston's YouTube site, keyword: WinGOGlobal. Don't forget to check them out, and share them with your friends. As always, feedbacks and comments are welcome.
Here are the links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFwZm-BF7lA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5YLLQcS4ME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1vphA467XY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0rXbMorggg
After the class, Winston and Brooke invited three graduate students who specialize in aphasia to come to dinner with them. They went to Casa Nueva, an organic worker-owned restaurant that serves all local food and contracts with many local small businesses for its supplies. Winston was impressed by the sustainability focus of the place, and took photos of the list of small local organic businesses. One of the students, Maria, is from Russia (Moscow). Another, Sabine, is from Germany (Leipzig). The third, Kelsey, is from Las Vegas. Winston has a waiter take pictures of them together there.
Winston trying out something in Dr. Hallowell's Neurolinguistics Laboratory at Ohio Univeristy, photos by Dr. Brooke Hallowell
Winston in augmentative communication consult at Ohio University
Entrance to the Ohio University
View in Grover Center, the academic and clinical building at Ohio University
Winston with Dr. Chao-Yang Lee, Speech Scientist at Ohio University
Winston with Dr. Don Fucci, Emeritus Professor of Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences, Ohio University
Winston with Gerard Akindes and Ken Dobo, computer manager from Benin and technical specialist, Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences, Ohio University
In February 2008, Winston traveled to Ohio University and met with Dr. Brooke Hallowell, the Director of the School of Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences.
On Monday, February 18th, Winston visited Dr. Hallowell's class and demonstrated how he talked with the use of technological equipments. The students enjoyed Winston's speech, and were amazed by Winston's technique to talk as an aphasia patient. They were also amazed by Winston's enthusiasm in promoting the importance of saving the earth by helping to stop global warming. "What can we do?" "What shall we do?"
In the evening Winston had dinner with Dr. Hallowell and three of her students. On Tuesday morning Winston spent more time with Dr. Hallowell before his departure to Chicago and met with Dr. Leora Cherney of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Read on for ore about the meeting in Chicago.
I will be making a two-day speaking appearance at school in Athens, Ohio, on February 18. The location is the College of Health and Human Services, Grover Center, at Ohio University and the audience will consist of people who have, or are concerned about, aphasia.
After the Athens event, I will proceed to Chicago to meet with Dr. Leora Cherney, an expert on aphasia who has done work in South Africa --- where I am also traveling, later in the year. Dr. Cherney is associated with the Rehabilitation Institute (RIC) in Chicago and operates a program to assist aphasia victims.
Dr. Cherney operates a six-week program aimed at assisting aphasia victims to improve and live more meaningful lives. I will undergo an assessment of my own situation with Dr. Cherney, will meet with her and her students, and, afterward, when I return home, will undergo her six-week course on the Internet.
My biggest undertaking for the year is a journey to South Africa where I hope to visit with experts in this field and to talk to aphasia groups.
Posted for Winston Jerome Lindsley by Heather