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Category: News Items
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Published: Tuesday, 26 May 2020 16:25
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Written by CSA Admin
Allison O'Brien and her sonIn just two years, the Newfoundland and Labrador Stuttering Association (NLSA) has achieved national prominence as a valuable resource for people who stutter in eastern Canada. A recent CBC article features an interview with board member Allison O'Brien, who explains the purpose of the organization and the challenges stutterers face. Read the article here.
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Category: Personal Commentary
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Published: Wednesday, 13 May 2020 14:12
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Written by CSA Admin
Do you have an idea for a workshop? Our November conference will be a chance to meet and socialize and learn together once again. Due to the success of our one-day conferences that we have been holding for the past six years, 2020 will be a big year as we expand the event and move the conference venue to beautiful Niagara Falls!
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Published: Friday, 01 May 2020 14:26
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Written by News
Welcome to the world of Nina G! Professional Speaker, Stand-up Comedian, Author, and person who stutters. Her infectious humour informs, entertains, and gives hope to those who stutter and insight to those who do not. “I stutter and you are just going to have to wait for all the brilliant things I have to say!”.
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Category: Book Reviews
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Published: Friday, 01 May 2020 18:38
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Written by Lisa Wilder
This is the third and final part of a review and analysis of Marc Shell’s 2005 text, Stutter. (Read Part 1 and Part 2). Shell is a Montreal-born professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard. He explores the significance of stuttering in an unusually broad scope of history, society, human evolution and culture.
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Published: Tuesday, 14 April 2020 01:17
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Written by Kim Block
It all started with a joke. My husband said with a laugh, “you know what you should name your next book? Melissa Stays Home.” I thought that wasn't a bad idea! As with most of my books, the story developed in my head when I took my dog for a walk — Something about it gets my creative ideas flowing.
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Published: Sunday, 05 April 2020 12:47
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Written by CSA Admin
Researchers at McGill University are looking at the music and language habits of people who stutter, and asking for participants in an online survey. It includes questions about your stuttering, musical training, language use/proficiency, therapeutic and diagnostic history.
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