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A special request to our readers

Details: Category: News Items; Published: Wednesday, 25 April 2018 01:49; Written by CSA Admin

donate It began with a desire to reach out, to help each other, to communicate, to find strength by bringing people together.

Summer program in Ottawa for youth who stutter

Details: Category: News Items; Published: Saturday, 21 April 2018 20:09; Written by CSA Admin

youth There is a week-long day camp for teens who stutter being offered in Ottawa this summer through University of Ottawa Health Services. This program is designed to give teenagers who stutter a safe and supportive place in which to “let stuttering out.” By studying their own pattern of stuttering, they are guided in making decisions about how to manage their speech. The dates are July 09-13, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. daily. Find out more here.

Joze Piranian's Tedx talk

Details: Category: Personal Commentary; Published: Saturday, 21 April 2018 19:48; Written by CSA Admin

Joze Piranian Lifelong stutterer and award-winning Speaker and Comedian Joze Piranian shares his ongoing journey of confronting fear to motivate others to overcome their own obstacles (their "inner stutter") and fulfill their true potential.

McGuire Program Canadian Dates Announced

Details: Category: News Items; Published: Tuesday, 10 April 2018 10:22; Written by CSA Admin

mcguire The McGuire Program, an intensive treatment program for adults who stutter, will be taking place in Toronto July 25 - 29, 2018. This course is facilitated by people who stutter who have graduated from the program and trained to be instructors. Those who graduate from the program and become members can connect with other graduates around the world for support and coaching. The city of Toronto has a good local support group who meet regularly to practice. If you have already graduated, you can attend for a refresher course! Go here for more information.

A look back at the movie Rocket Science

Details: Category: Personal Commentary; Published: Sunday, 15 April 2018 19:00; Written by Lisa Wilder

Rocket Science Movies that feature stuttering are few and far between, and they usually depict it unrealistically or for the laugh factor. There are exceptions, of course. In 2010, the The King’s Speech was released, an uplifting story about the struggles of King George VI as he unexpectedly assumes the throne of England. But three years earlier, to considerably less attention, launched a different film that also featured a stuttering protagonist, Rocket Science. The two films could not be more different.

Canadian Stuttering Association Conference announced

Details: Category: News Items; Published: Thursday, 22 March 2018 00:54; Written by CSA Admin

conference Our 2018 Conference is planned for October 20. Back by popular demand, it will be a special combination of seminars, interactive workshops and unstructured social time for people who stutter, family and friends of people who stutter, speech language pathologists and students of speech language pathology! Entitled Voices Rising: A day to talk about Stuttering, this year we feature Mary Wood as conference Keynote speaker. Check out more on the website.