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.

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?

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.

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. 

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

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.

The Canadian Stuttering Association is planning our next “Let’s Talk: Dating with Confidence” event on Sunday, March 27, 2022, from 3 to 5 p.m. EST.