Expressive aphasia - Sarah Scott - Teenage Stroke Survivor

Sarah had an unexpected ischemic stroke when she was 18. She now suffers from aphasia, a communication disorder. Over million people in the USA have aphasia, and over 350 thousand in the UK. Every 11 minutes, in the UK, 3 people will have a stroke. One of them will have aphasia. More young people are suffering strokes. The probable reason for Sarah's stroke was a PFO, a hole in the heart. This was only discovered after the stroke, when Sarah had a barrage of tests to try to find the cause. The hole was