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Without Hesitation: Speaking to the Silence and the Science of Stuttering

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Category: Book Reviews

Published: Tuesday, 23 August 2011 17:49

Written by Lisa Wilder

This article is a review of Gerald Maguire's Without Hesitation: Speaking to the Silence and the Science of Stuttering first appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of CSA Voices.

Gerald A. Maguire is an Associate Pressor of Clinical Psychiatry, and Senior Associate Dean of Educational Affairs, at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. He is also the director of the Kirkup Center for the Medical Treatment of Stuttering. This is the only research centre in the world dedicated exclusively to this field of study – the treatment of stuttering through medicine.

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The value of conferences for people who stutter

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Category: Personal Commentary

Published: Thursday, 28 July 2011 04:01

Written by Daniele Rossi

Daniele Rossi is a CSA Board member and a frequent contributor to the CSA website and newsletter. He recently attended the National Stuttering Association conference in Ft. Worth, Texas.

My advice to stutterers everywhere: get to a stuttering conference!
They are vital. You make instant friendships with the nicest, bravest people.

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Alan Rabinowitz: Big Cat Preservationist and Stutterer

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Category: Personal Stories

Published: Sunday, 22 May 2011 12:02

Written by Lisa Wilder

Stuttering and Big Cats DVD

The title of this DVD, Stuttering and the Big Cats, might make you think it is the field notes of some imaginative researcher who believes he has found a pride of lions with "roaring impetiments". However, that is not what it is about at all.

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August 2011 CSA Conference in Vancouver Recap

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Category: Personal Commentary

Published: Tuesday, 23 August 2011 06:29

Written by Lisa Wilder

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The CSA conference that took place August 19th-20th was a success.

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Buyer beware! Buying "treatment" on the Net

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Category: Personal Commentary

Published: Friday, 15 July 2011 13:44

Written by Lisa Wilder

As a person who stutterers, there is nothing wrong with keeping your mind open to different treatments, even if they are not mainstream. But at the same time, we must remember to keep critical faculties intact. When someone tells us they might “cure” our problems, it is easy to lose sight of reality. We are often desperate for help for our stuttering, and are vulnerable to scams that might promise to rid us of our stuttering but succeed only to separate us from our money. Here are some things to ask when trying to gauge the credibility of a product or publication that you might find on the internet or elsewhere.

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Stuttering – A Listener's Guide

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Category: Personal Commentary

Published: Sunday, 01 May 2011 22:10

Written by Jaan Pill

Jaan PillThis is the content of a speech delivered by Jaan Pill to the North York Kiwanis Club, April 20, 2011.

Good evening. I want to thank you for this opportunity to speak with you.

Twenty years ago, I was involved in the founding of the Canadian Stuttering Association, or CSA for short. CSA is run entirely by volunteers, and I am one of them.

Part of my volunteer work involves media relations on behalf of CSA. Usually, that means sending out a news release, every time we have some event or conference that we want to publicize. In response, reporters will contact us and put together a story.

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