Association Internationale Aphasia, AIA

The organization consists of representatives of national aphasia association, particularly in Europe, but also in the U.S., Japan and Argentina.

AIA has its headquarters in Brussel, Belgium.
The address is the Association Internationale Aphasie, AISBL, Avenue du Paepedelle, 87, B-1160 Bruxelles

Since the early 1990s, the AIA invited members to the General Assembly, GA;
once a year.

In October 2008 GA-meeting was held in Tallinn, Estonia. In 2009, held an extraordinary GA in April to discuss the AIA's future and how we can make the AIA more accessible. Then there was a regular GA meetings in September, when it was decided the future of the questions and the new statutes and new membership. Both meetings were held in Brussel.

Next GA meeting held in Vienna on 11 and 12 September 2010.

GA-September meeting elected a new board for three years.
President: Jacqueline Stark, Austria
Vice-President: Jean-Dominique Journet, France
Secretary General: Lars Berge-Kleber, Sweden
Treasurer: Philippe Smets, Belgium
Administrator: Gianfranco Denes, Italy

Contacts with the European Disability Forum (EDF)

EDF is the European disability movement's organization that has a dialogue with the EU Parliament on issues concerning people with disabilities.

Representative of the AIA's Board of Directors representing the National Aphasia unions in contact with EDF.
The intention is to increase contacts between the AIA and EDF in order to make better known aphasia.