b"10 ongIslandUniversity-Post)DepartmentofCommunicationSciencesandDisorders(CSD)L 4andtheAphasiaCenter.LIUPostwasoriginallyagoldcoastmansiononthenorthshoreofLongIsland.ItwasthehomeofMarjorieMerriweatherPostandherhusbandE.F.Hutton.ItwasnamedHillwoodandwassoldtoLongIslandUniversityaround1954toaccommodatethegrowingneedforeducationofWorldWarIIveteransthatlivedonLongIsland.Therearemorethan40buildingsontheformerestate.However,theDepartmentwashousedintheformerhorsestablesonthepropertyuntilDianneretiredin2019.Atwhichtimetheymovedthedepartmenttooneofthedormitories.Withinafewweeks,inthequietofonenight,thestableswereraisedtotheground.WhenDiannebecamechairpersonofthedepartment28yearsagothedepartmentwasabouttolosetheiraccreditationfromtheAmericanSpeechLanguageandHearingAssociation(ASHA)andcouldnotmeetlicensureintheprofessionfortheircurrentorfuturestudents.Dianne,alongwithMerylBarrow(page106)ofthedepartmentandstaffworkedtomaintainthestandardsforaccreditation.WhenDianneleftICD,shehadavisionofcreatingacenterforpeoplewhosufferedastrokeetc.andbecameaphasic.Aphasiaisalanguagedisorderthatmakesitdifficultforpeopletocommunicatewithothers.It'scausedbydamagetothepartsofthebrainthatallowlanguageexpressionandcomprehension,"