Practical, evidence-informed guides to the vision, reading and handwriting difficulties that can follow a stroke or come with Parkinson’s: what happens, why, and the exercises you can practise at home.
The compensatory scanning exercises that help you read and move around after losing part of your visual field.
Graded exercises, from warm-ups to letters, words and sentences, that help rebuild legible writing at home.
What hemispatial neglect is, how it differs from hemianopia, and the scanning exercises that help.
The anchoring and scanning strategies that help you keep your place when field loss disrupts reading.
Size-cueing and big-movement exercises that help when handwriting becomes small and cramped.
Losing a quarter of your visual field: how it differs from hemianopia, and the scanning exercises that help.
How field loss and neglect affect driving, why it is a legal and medical decision, and where scanning practice fits in.
Safe, graded exercises (range of movement, grip, dexterity and task practice) to rebuild hand control that everyday tasks and writing rely on.
What aphasia is, and gentle at-home writing practice alongside speech and language therapy: copy, cover and recall, and personally relevant words.
Deciding whether to switch hands, setting up the paper, pens that help, and a step-by-step practice progression, with realistic expectations.
Seeing things that aren't there after sight loss is common, benign and has a name. What it is, why it happens, and what helps.
The tiredness sleep doesn't fix: what post-stroke fatigue is, what makes it worse, and how to pace practice around it.
A loss of sight and a loss of attention can look alike from the outside. How they differ, how clinicians tell, and why it changes what helps.
The amplitude principle (think big) with the evidence behind it, a realistic home routine, and honest expectations.
An honest tour of the evidence: the individual trials, the cautious Cochrane review, and what guidelines actually conclude.
Two very different causes of deteriorating handwriting: the shrinking pattern, the fighting pen, and why the distinction changes the treatment.
These guides are general information, not medical advice. Always follow the guidance of your own care team.