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Category: Personal Stories
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Published: Monday, 17 August 2015 09:59
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Written by Daniele Rossi, interviewer
Alexandra D'Agostino In this fourth installment of our Q and A series with past attendees of our conferences – in anticipation of our upcoming 2015 conference (details here) – our subject is Alexandra D'Agostino. Alexandra is a board member for the CSA and involved in the NSA in the States as well.
1. Tell us about yourself.
Hi everyone, my name is Alexandra D’Agostino and I am 22 years old. I am a student at Wilfrid Laurier University, double majoring in Psychology and Anthropology!
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Category: Personal Stories
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Published: Wednesday, 12 August 2015 02:07
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Written by Daniele Rossi, interviewer
Casey, second from right,
at the NSA Conference in 2014
This is the second of a series by CSA Board member Daniele Rossi interviewing attendees of Canadian Stuttering Association conferences past. Here is new SLP and also a CSA board member, Casey Kennedy. The CSA's 2015 one-day conference will take on Saturday, October 24 in Toronto, with author Katherine Preston as a keynote speaker. Further details including how to register here. Take advantage of early bird pricing before September 13!
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Category: Personal Stories
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Published: Saturday, 25 July 2015 12:50
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Written by Jaan Pill
It all began with a problem. The problem was that, fifty years ago, I stuttered so badly there were times I could not get out any words at all. Fortunately, I found a way to address this problem – by attending the ISTAR (Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research) clinic in Edmonton in 1987. After that, I was able to speak more or less fluently even to large audiences.
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Published: Friday, 14 August 2015 20:20
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Written by Daniele Rossi, interviewer
Annie Bradberry, second
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Canadians aren’t the only ones who attend the Canadian Stuttering Association conferences. People from all over have participated, particularly our neighbours south of the border!
In this third installment of our Q and A series with past attendees of our conferences – in anticipation of our upcoming 2015 conference (details here) – our subject is Annie Bradberry who hails from California. Annie has contributed tremendously to the stuttering community over the years and attends stuttering conferences all over the world!
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Category: Personal Stories
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Published: Friday, 07 August 2015 00:42
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Written by CSA Admin
In honour of the upcoming one-day Canadian Stuttering Association conference, CSA board member Daniele Rossi is featuring interviews with attendees from our events in the past.
Kicking off our series is long-time conference attendee and presenter Mary Wood. Mary recently gave a number of workshops at the National Stuttering Association in Baltimore, one of which on forgiveness. In the video at the end of this article we chat briefly about her workshop and what forgiveness means to a PWS. Let’s get to know a little more about Mary...
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Published: Friday, 10 April 2015 17:40
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Written by Dylan Madeley
Dylan Madeley
I recently had an interesting experience attending part of a Canadian Stuttering Association board meeting. Although I have been stuttering since around the age of five, I first experienced a meeting of so many people who directly understood what this was like at age twenty-nine.
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