{"id":9952,"date":"2022-08-12T10:32:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T17:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brainstreams.ca\/?p=9952"},"modified":"2025-07-03T22:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T05:42:14","slug":"9952-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messageinabottle.ca\/bcbia\/9952-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Willis Diagnosed with Aphasia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9951 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brainstreams.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bruce-Willis-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>In March 2022, Bruce Willis\u2019 family announced on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/03\/30\/1089703709\/bruce-willis-aphasia\">social media<\/a> that he is stepping away from a long career as an actor following a diagnosis of aphasia. Willis\u2019 family, in the past, had made comments on the actor\u2019s memory challenges. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/movies\/story\/2022-03-30\/bruce-willis-aphasia-memory-loss-cognitive-disorder\">Los Angeles Times<\/a> reported that in recent years, accommodations were made on film sets because of these struggles.<\/p>\n<p>Willis began his career in theatre and then became known on television in the hilarious series <em>Moonlighting<\/em>, with Cybil Shepherd. He advanced his acting career from television to the big screen and appeared in approximately 150 movies, including <em>Die Hard<\/em> and <em>Pulp Fiction<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Aphasia impacts a person&#8217;s ability to understand language. The individual could have trouble reading, writing, speaking, and understanding what others are saying to them.<\/p>\n<p>Aphasia is most associated with strokes and head injuries, but it can also be caused from a slow-growing brain tumour or progressive disease. Willis\u2019 family has not released the cause of the actor\u2019s aphasia.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on aphasia, educational videos, and available supports, click on the links below:<\/p>\n<p>Surrey Aphasia Group: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainstreams.ca\/videos\/video-type\/suddenly-speechless-surrey-aphasia-group\/\">https:\/\/www.brainstreams.ca\/videos\/video-type\/suddenly-speechless-surrey-aphasia-group\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Part of the Brain Educational Videos: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainstreams.ca\/videos\/video-type\/parts-of-the-brain\/\">https:\/\/www.brainstreams.ca\/videos\/video-type\/parts-of-the-brain\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aphasia Institute: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphasia.ca\/\">https:\/\/www.aphasia.ca\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>March of Dimes Aphasia Fact Sheet: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marchofdimes.ca\/en-ca\/programs\/acs\/aphasiainfo\">https:\/\/www.marchofdimes.ca\/en-ca\/programs\/acs\/aphasiainfo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In March 2022, Bruce Willis\u2019 family announced on social media that he is stepping away from a long career as an actor following a diagnosis of aphasia. 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