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Category: Personal Commentary
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Published: Tuesday, 05 April 2011 13:04
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Written by Leys Geddes
This article first appeared in the Winter 2011 issue of CSA Voices.
We don’t often get a decent opportunity to talk to non-stutterers about stuttering. And possibly we are a bit reluctant to take the few opportunities we do get. Instead, we’ve tended to support each other by talking amongst ourselves. As a result, we’ve created a kind of hidden Stuttering World, which means that stuttering is not well understood in the Outside World.
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Category: Personal Stories
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Published: Sunday, 27 March 2011 10:45
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Written by Carla Di Domenicantonio
This article was originally published in the Winter 2011 issue of CSAVoices.
Mike Hughes
I reacted with numbing sadness and disbelief when news arrived that Mike Hughes had passed away on September 22nd, 2010.
Over many years, Mike had been a friend, a supporter and a mentor. We were linked by a common interest in stuttering.
For 22 years Mike Hughes was the Executive Director of Speak Easy Canada Inc., Canada’s first, charitable organization for people who stutter, which he founded in 1984. Based in Saint John, New Brunswick, Mike was already involved in helping those who, like him, stuttered.
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