The Unblockables is an improv course for people who stutter. It is run by Tightrope Theatre and is in association with Columbia Speech and Language Services Inc. The three-week online course focuses on presence and saying yes, cultivating laughter and celebrating mistakes. It is taught through a series of games to support participants to speak with confidence and find their voice. The three weeks will culminate in a virtual performance for friends and family on the final night.
50 Million Voices offers practice interviews for PWS
Do you find job interviews stressful? Unsure if or how to disclose that you stutter before or during an interview? Want an opportunity to practice and gets some tips from peers?
A Reflection on Stigma against Stammering
This is the third selected essay from the text, Stammering Pride and Prejudice. Like the author of the previous essay Scary Canary, writer Patrick Campbell had years of speech therapy, striving to be fluent for most of his life. As a student in medical school, he tried tricks to hide his stuttering whenever he spoke.
Share Your Voice in a Unique Collaborative Project by Singwell
Join people who stutter from across the globe in this unique one-time singing project. No singing experience is required.
Interview with author Mary Wood
Mary Wood, a long-time and well-known CSA member, recently published a book based on her experience of stuttering. The book is titled “Beyond the Fear of Stuttering: My Journey to Self-Acceptance and Freedom”. We decided to congratulate Mary and to ask her a few questions about the book.
CSA: Hi, Mary. First, congratulations, and thank you for writing a book based on your experience as someone affected by stuttering. What was your purpose in writing the book?
Popular Podcast about Stuttering Supports New Non-Profit Foundation
SOME STUTTER LUH! (SSL!) will be hosting a special episode to support Jessica Deluce, a young entrepreneur and person who stutters, who seeks to establish a Not For Profit Foundation to help raise money for people who can't afford speech therapy. Also featured will be three established Associations and a community group of stakeholders coming together in solidarity and collaboration for Jessica to join her in the goal to give back and make her vision a reality.
CSA’s Let’s Talk: Dating with Confidence
On Sunday, March 27, the Canadian Stuttering Association hosted a new installment of its Let’s Talk series, focussed on dating with confidence. The interactive discussion featured Jaleesa Bygrave, a racialized woman and social worker who stutters, and Devon Kirchner, a queer woman who stutters.
Registration Now Open for Joint Congress event in Montreal
You can now register for the Joint World Congress on Stuttering and cluttering event in Montreal. Register here.
Scary canary: Difference, vulnerability and letting go of struggle
This is the continuation of a series of reviews of selected essays in the book, Stammering Pride and Prejudice: Difference not Defect. See the first review here. The second piece entitled “Scary canary: Difference, vulnerability and letting go of struggle”, is a beautifully written essay by Katy Bailey, a woman w
Have a Workshop Idea for the 2022 CSA Conference?
We are pleased to have been able to feature interesting, entertaining and informative presenters and topics over the years at our annual CSA conferences. Our conference this October is significant for many reasons. For one thing, it will be our first in person event in three years. Also it will be our first large scale three-day conference since 2011. The weekend of the conference overlaps with International Stuttering Awareness Day.