ABSTRACT
In recent years I have become increasingly interested in the process of identity reconstruction following acquired communication disability. I have come to realise that people with aphasia cope differently. In particular, I have been repeatedly intrigued by the way in which a small number of people embrace the new circumstances they find themselves in post-injury, adapting to find a way to live with their communication dis-
ability and to incorporate it into who they now are as people. This is in stark contrast with others who appear to find this transition more difficult.
