The epic story told in this book is filled with epic words … words like journey … strength … patience … family … friends … love … support. These are just some of the words Dwight Liburd relies on to relate this astounding tale of building himself back to health and independence following a devastating stroke that could easily have robbed him not only of those foundations of life, but did steal this healthy, vital man’s ability to use any words at all. But only at first. For A Voice of the Voiceless presents, in unflinching detail, how Dwight struggled and pushed, worked and sometimes failed, and finally persevered in overcoming aphasia, the ruinous loss of language that a stroke can deliver in one cruel blow. Words. The greatest signifiers Dwight has of how he succeeded in getting his voice – a new wiser voice – back so he could get to work helping others reclaim theirs.

Dwight M. Liburd is from the Caribbean island of Nevis. In 1994, he received a degree in accounting from Herbert Lehman College, the City University of New York. In 2010, he had a severe stroke and remained in a coma for two days and a half. He was unable to walk, speak, read, or write. He had global aphasia. From 2010 to 2025, he received speech-language therapy. In the summer of 2025, he started to write about his journey with aphasia. Dwight currently lives in the Bronx, NY. He now dedicates his life to advocating for others with aphasia.