INTERVIEWER: So, what's your name?
SARAH SCOTT: Um, Scott. Oh, no. Sarah Scott.
INTERVIEWER: That's right. And how old are you?
SARAH SCOTT: I can't.
INTERVIEWER: Try.
SARAH SCOTT: I can't.
INTERVIEWER: You're 19. 19. And what happened to you?
SARAH SCOTT: Stroke.
INTERVIEWER: You had a stroke last year?
SARAH SCOTT: Yes.
INTERVIEWER: And, what happened? Can you remember what happened?
SARAH SCOTT: Um, uh, uh, school and English class.
INTERVIEWER: OK.
SARAH SCOTT: And I book. And I read it aloud, but I can't, [? because ?] straight. So I [INAUDIBLE]. And, also, it's the same as-- the same as-- kind of thing as-- you know.
INTERVIEWER: Pins and needles?
SARAH SCOTT: Yeah. The same. And also, this foot.
INTERVIEWER: Leg.
SARAH SCOTT: And the-- yeah. Yeah.
INTERVIEWER: And what happened after the stroke with your speech?
SARAH SCOTT: But, I can't.
INTERVIEWER: You have speech problems. So, you were going to go to university. What are you doing now?
SARAH SCOTT: What?
INTERVIEWER: What do you doing now everyday?
SARAH SCOTT: Oh, um, speech and speech--
INTERVIEWER: Therapy.
SARAH SCOTT: Yeah. And also, writing.
INTERVIEWER: What helps you to speak? When you write things down, it helps you, doesn't it?
SARAH SCOTT: Yes. I don't that it's-- I can't-- sometimes I'll write it down, because it's easier, and also speaking is easier. So, I don't know.
INTERVIEWER: A mixture.
SARAH SCOTT: Yeah. And I can't write like one word. I'm find that sometimes long sentences I can't read, I can't write.
INTERVIEWER: Can you read a book?
SARAH SCOTT: No.
INTERVIEWER: Do you want to read the book?
SARAH SCOTT: Yes. But I can't.
INTERVIEWER: You'd like to though.
SARAH SCOTT: Yeah.
INTERVIEWER: And what about your friends? Do you still see your friends?
SARAH SCOTT: A little.
INTERVIEWER: Is that hard for them?
SARAH SCOTT: Yeah, because I can't speak a little, but it's harder. And I can't-- sometimes it's harder, because-- speaking, like, my friends-- like, it's too hard and I don't like it. So, it's hard then friends [? than-- ?]
INTERVIEWER: Family?
SARAH SCOTT: Yeah.
INTERVIEWER: It's been nine months now since your stroke, not even a year. So that's good, because at first, you couldn't walk, you couldn't swallow, could you?
SARAH SCOTT: Yeah.
INTERVIEWER: Do you remember being in hospital?
SARAH SCOTT: I tiny bit, but I can't.
INTERVIEWER: And didn't know why you had a stroke?
SARAH SCOTT: Heart. A hole in the heart. And I close up, so--
INTERVIEWER: You had an operation?
SARAH SCOTT: Yeah.