摘要：Aphasia is one of the most disabling sequelae of stroke. In Sao Paulo, the prevalence of vascular disease and brain vascular sequelae is high, especially in socially disadvantaged areas (Abe et al., 2011). Individuals with aphasia often reduce the number of interlocutors and communication opportunities. Social support mapping can help persons with aphasia to obtain information about access to their social group for communication. The Social Support Network theory allows constructing a model in which the individual is the center of a network (Blackstone and Berg, 2003). From this center, concentric circles represent the parties. Interlocutors in the circles closer to the center have closer relationships with the subject, while in interlocutors in circles more distant have a pontual role in communicative interactions (e.g. take the person with aphasia to the pharmacy).
