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Published: Sunday, 11 November 2018 13:44
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Written by Greg O'Grady
Event organizers at the Walk & Run fundraiser in St. John's.
The 2018 7th Annual “A Million Things I Need to Say” 1K/5K Walk & Run for Stuttering Awareness and Fundraiser in support of the Speech and Stuttering Institute in Toronto raised over $21,000! For the first time, the same walk took place in St. John's, NL on September 29 to support The Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists, and raised over $3,000.
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Category: Personal Commentary
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Published: Wednesday, 24 October 2018 23:54
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Written by Eeva Stierwalt and Lisa Wilder
Mary Wood gives the keynote speech at the 2018 CSA conference
Thank you to all of you who attended our 2018 annual conference held in Toronto! One major highlight of the conference was the keynote speech graciously given by Mary Wood. Every sentence was packed with wisdom, meaning, guidance and compassion! You can hear her speech on Daniele Rossi's Stuttering is Cool site here. Enjoy it!
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Published: Monday, 01 October 2018 23:20
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Written by CSA Admin
Members of the Canadian Stuttering Association met up on October 22 to see the awe-inspiring CN Tower in Toronto lit up in sea foam green in honour of International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD)! It was amazing to see our city landmarks commemorating this day. Thank-you Toronto!
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Category: Personal Stories
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Published: Wednesday, 26 September 2018 09:51
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Written by Shaun Ghulam
My name is Zishan Ghulam, but people call me Shaun as it’s easier to pronounce. I am 35 years old and I am in the 1% of the worlds population who stutters. It runs in my family as my brother also stutters. I had it worse, but believe it or not I am happy I did, because it has taught me so much.
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Category: Personal Commentary
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Published: Saturday, 15 September 2018 01:15
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Written by Ryan Cowley
Ryan Cowley
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a very visual person. While there isn’t anything wrong with that, it has provided me with one major setback. Due to my stuttering, if I'm speaking with someone, I need their visual attention. So, if someone I’m speaking to is looking at a computer screen, looking through cupboards or sitting in the front seat of a car while I’m sitting in the backseat, getting even just a few words out can be a daunting task. Since I can’t see who I’m speaking to on the phone, it makes speaking even more difficult.
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Category: Book Reviews
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Published: Friday, 14 September 2018 14:40
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Written by Lisa Wilder
This is a review of Stutter, by Marc Shell, published 2005 by Harvard University Press. Part one of three parts
The familiar saying “you can’t judge a book by it’s cover” has never been more true than when applied to Marc Shell’s Stutter. A photo of the author as a small child wearing a cowboy outfit graces the book jacket, his innocent face both quizzical and apprehensive.
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