People with aphasia share their views on self-management and the role of technology to support self-management of aphasia.

From the perspective of PwA, aphasia self-management involves enhancing skills enabling communication and life participation. PwA are central to aphasia self-management, with support provided by CPs, peers, and SLPs. Technology has a range of applications in aphasia self-management. PwA identified potential personal and contextual barriers that may impact self-management.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONFor people with aphasia, engaging in conversation and social interaction are primary means of managing/improving communicative life participation; therefore, this should be a key focus of aphasia self-management programs.Aphasia self-management approaches should maximise the use of available support and provide tailored information, education, and training in the area of self-management to key stakeholders (people with aphasia, communication partners, and speech-language pathologists).People with aphasia should be supported to use technology for aphasia self-management, encompassing communication specific and daily life use.People with aphasia should be heavily involved in the development of structured aphasia self-management approaches.