''It was at this time that I realised that not only could I not talk - I could
not read or write either - what a catastrophe! I could not speak although my tongue
worked perfectly well and I knew what I wanted to say. I could not always fully
understand what people said to me, although I was not in the slightest deaf; I
could not read, although I could see the words quite clearly on the page - they
just had no meaning; I could not write although by this time I had learnt to
use a pencil with my left hand - I could in fact copy-write quite beautifully.
As with my speech, I know what I wanted to write but I could not find the words,
and even when I could I could not spell them.''
(Source: Speechmatters 'Living after a stroke')
