Malik Shares How He Rebuilds Language Through Small Steps

We talk with Malik about living with aphasia after a stroke and the slow, daily work of practicing speech, reading, and writing. He shares travel memories, family loss, and faith, and he explains why he wants to create videos to support others with disability. 
• living with a language disability that affects speaking, reading, and writing 
• practicing clear thinking and sentence building 
• a stroke history and the impact of aphasia 
• using everyday tools and routines to practice hard words and communication 
• memories of traveling from Karachi to Chicago and seeing snow at Christmas 
• grief after losing family members and leaning on faith 
• wanting to make supportive videos for aphasia and disability 

Transcript

Hello And A Quick Introduction

SPEAKER_00 0:02

Hi, my name is Malik.

Naming The Disability And The Goal

SPEAKER_00 0:06

I had uh disability, speaking, reading, writing. I am uh practicing thinking clearly and thinking uh sentences.

Stroke, Aphasia, And What Changed

SPEAKER_00 0:19

I had uh six years ago I had a stroke uh result Efesha. Fesha has a language problem. And uh I am uh I'm um practicing uh speaking, reading, writing.

Practicing Words And Clear Sentences

SPEAKER_00 0:37

I had uh I love uh gadgets uh example uh uh long long um long um um uh trap tread tride tra pride tried tride trid uh example uh tread tried tried yeah tried tried and um um I am um uh thinking um uh uh I need um uh interview a person uh interview um myself and uh message message um email email and response email um and uh hard hard words because um um uh victory loss um I'm um uh thinking uh thinking uh uh Bakesan uh uh naturago to New York uh Chicago uh uh I am I uh before uh eight years uh uh eight years old eight years old train to uh airplane to Chicago.

Karachi To Chicago And First Snow

SPEAKER_00 2:29

Um I'm uh Karachi Karachi uh Karachi uh Pakistan and um uh first time uh snowing and um uh uh Christmas uh time time uh because the mom uh visiting uh visiting um um um uh I would like I would like visiting uh uh uh Christmas time and uh mom uh uh December twenty five uh twenty twenty uh Christmas day and uh two weeks two weeks vacation uh beautiful first time snowing beautiful um uh people different different people um uh different uh uh uh first time um burger and um uh French fries and oh uh uh uh cookies and I love it I love it and after uh I would like home home USA and uh parents and uh myself and um two three four kids uh uh one two three four five kids and mom and dead uh and uh Chicago and um um but um memory because uh mom dead uh

Grief, Family Memories, And Faith

SPEAKER_00 4:35

father dead and two uh brother dead um uh me and uh two people uh uh family um um sad but um time time um time God time God okay returning God um I I um no my um me scarred uh a why scared of God uh I love God and uh no problem no no problem um uh shadow why shadowing shadow shadowing okay uh sorry um um better um uh um uh no scared no scared God uh returning God um worldwide living living and uh time returning God yeah um uh I

Supporting Aphasia Through Video

SPEAKER_00 6:15

would like I would like uh uh making video supporting uh disability aphasia and uh supporting a husband um but uh time okay bye bye um how are you thank you so much bye