Teacher. Wife. Friend. Advocate. Born Oct. 24, 1956, in Brantford, Ont.; died July 5, 2018, in Ajax, Ont., of endocarditis; aged 61
In 2015, Eleanor Jane Adshead walked slowly to the podium at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Her husband stood by for support. Before Jane were several hundred potential corporate donors to the March of Dimes. Jane suffered from aphasia, which affects the ability to speak, read or write after a stroke or brain injury. Her job was to teach these donors what it was like to live with a communication disability. As she approached the podium, she whispered to her husband, “I want to do this myself.
She returned to Ontario to accept a position teaching French in Pickering for the Durham Catholic School Board. In 2010, Jane suffered a devastating stroke requiring emergency valve replacement surgery. Unable to speak, read or write, she could no longer teach. But her response was typical: “How can I learn to speak and walk again? How can I meet and help others like me?”
To learn to communicate again, Jane turned to the March of Dimes, becoming an active member in aphasia and stroke survivor support programs. As a teacher, she welcomed the opportunity to work with speech pathology students, providing them with valuable real-life lessons on working and living with aphasia.
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