Our annual CSA conference last month was a huge success! We had record-breaking attendance, including many families, speech-language pathologists and students, and of course - people who stutter of all ages.
There is a new age of support groups starting in the Canadian stuttering community with groups launching across the country. Ottawa and Belleville are the latest cities to plan opportunities for people who stutter, their family and friends and speech-language pathologists to get together and share their ideas and feelings.
Good news! CSA adjunct board member Daniele Rossi's book, Stuttering is Cool, has been translated into French.
For the second year in a row, 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 landmark commemorating this day. Thank-you Toronto!
St. John's city council formally proclaim
Stuttering Awareness Day
The Newfoundland Labrador Stuttering Association (NLSA) petitioned city officials in Newfoundland/Labrador to officially recognize International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) on September 22.
Many attempts have been made to change public attitudes about stuttering. Such attempts have included talks, media interviews, and videos which seek to inform the public about stuttering. With regard to all such information-sharing efforts, a question naturally comes to mind: how would we know whether a given attempt to change public attitudes about stuttering, or any other condition, actually works?