Thursday is International Stuttering Awareness Day, and the annual online conference, featuring papers written about stuttering and other speech disorders, is in full swing.
International Stuttering Awareness Day October 22
Being able to say anything whatever, wherever and whenever you want
Ottawa Hospital to close its Stuttering Treatment Clinic after 43 Years
In its recent round of funding cuts Dr. Jack Kitts, CEO of the Ottawa Hospital, announced that the Stuttering Treatment Clinic will close at the end of October 2015.
Reasons given by the Hospital for closing the clinic are: stuttering is not an illness requiring medical expertise, and the Hospital’s mandate is to care for Eastern Ontario’s “sickest” individuals and to not fund services that can be provided in the community.
It All Boils Down To Numbers
Atlantic Magazine article about stuttering acceptance
The American magazine the Atlantic has published an article about people who stutter.
New Franky Banky comic
Daniele Rossi is a Toronto-based cartoonist, author, and digital communicator.
The 2015 CSA event featuring Katherine Preston
This October, the Canadian Stuttering Association will host an event in Toronto for people whose lives are affected by stuttering.
The importance of humour and moving forward with change
with friend Annie Bradbury
Age of Acceptance
As society evolves, equality, above all else, is a key factor. Topics once not talked about are now coming to the forefront and light is being shone where there once was darkness.
