The ability to communicate is one of the most fundamental interactions that we have as humans, as is the ability to use our executive functions to be an active participant in our lives and the lives of others. These can be profoundly diminished after a stroke, traumatic brain injury or degenerative disease. My inspiration comes from the moments. The moments when a patient produces a sound, a syllable, a word, a sentence, a paragraph, and eventually a page. Moments when a patient recalls what hi