Alfonso Morales lifts a sea turtle to place it in the bottom of the boat, where it will stay until the crew reaches the shore.
June 30, 2022
Featured on the June 30th, 2022 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- Take a look into the small Sonoran fishing town of Kino Bay, and meet a family dedicated to helping the local sea turtle population both survive and thrive. For Fronteras, Kendal Blust reports.
VIEW LARGER A turtle is untangled from a fishing net by the Tortugueros. - Hear a discussion with a group of Young Muslims visiting Tucson. They share why they hold their faith as sacred, and how visiting communities like Tucson helps build bridges with understanding and cooperation.
VIEW LARGER A group of Young Muslims from across the United States gather in the Arizona Public Media radio studio in December, 2021. 
VIEW LARGER Moeed Irfan, a member of Young Muslims, is a student in the UA Eller College of Management. He visited the Arizona Public Media radio studio in December 2021. - And, aphasia is a communication disorder that is usually the result of a stroke or head injury. June is National Aphasia Awareness Month. Mark visits with group members at the Aphasia Center of Tucson, and meets Felisa and Rona, two young women facing the daunting challenge of re-learning how to speak, read, and write. You can find another Arizona Spotlight story about aphasia here. The Center welcomes others who are living with aphasia to join them online at The Friends of Aphasia.
Felisa is learning to cope with the communication disorder aphasia with her fellow group members at the Aphasia Center of Tucson.
Webpage by Leah Britton
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Felisa shows Mark McLemore photos from her trips to Afghanistan in the Aphasia Center's gallery wall.
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Felisa shares the story of living with aphasia for 3 years, following a lifetime of love for poetry and languages.
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Felisa's wristband reads "Aphasia: Loss of Language, NOT Intellect".
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Rona has been a participant at the Aphasia Center of Tucson for about a year.
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Because aphasia severely limits her ability to speak, Rona prefers to use her phone to communicate.
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"Aphasia" is such a rare word to most people, Rona's phone doesn't offer autocorrection when she spells it.
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Rona's goal for regaining her speech is to be able to tell others about the difficulty of living with aphasia.
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