Amy Bald, a CSA reader and contributor, has self-published an e-Book that is available for purchase on Amazon. Amy Bald lives in Sudbury, Canada and has stuttered all her life. Her e-book, Tight Lipped: a Stutterer's Memoir, documents how stuttering effected her growing up, and her path from a reliance on her mother to speak for her to her development as an independent person. She shares her thoughts about how people who are "different" are treated in society.
Tight Lipped: a Stutterer's Memoir
Learning to fly
I was born in 1972 and raised in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, Canada. As a very young child I knew my alphabet and was very well spoken, but about the age of 6 something happened.
Ontario summer camp for kids who stutter: parent's info session
Meet the Laughter’s Voice team! Find out what our dream is for children who stutter. Learn about Camp Mansfield and what kids can expect. Ask questions and meet other parents whose kids stutter!
Saturday, March 15th, 2014.
11am-12pm, Richmond Hill Central Library, Room A, 1 Atkinson St, Richmond Hill, Ontario
Sunday, March 16th, 2014.
Beyond the ignorance
It amazes me how, in this day and age, the way we articulate our words alters people’s perceptions of us. I am amazed at people’s ignorance when it comes to how I say words. Amazed that I can be treated so differently because it takes me longer to say a word or a sentence. Amazed that there is still such a stigma associated with stuttering.
Teens and stuttering treatment
A review of the paper: The Effectiveness of intensive, group therapy for teenagers who stutter by Jane Fry, Sharon Millard and Willie Botte
Facing challenges
One of our readers has submitted the following essay for publication. Do you want to tell your story about stuttering?
Podcast featuring Laughter's Voice camp co-founders
The co-founders of the proposed upcoming camp for kids who stutter in Ontario are interviewed on Daniele Rossi's Stuttering is Cool podcast site. Andrea Skinner and her son Felix describe why they started the camp and what campers can expect from it. They deal with some technical recording mishaps due to being outside in the cold weather, but it is a fun and informative interview. Andrea makes a great point about the speech therapists who participate in the camp: that it is important for them to have the chance to see the children in a non-clinical environment.
Entrepreneur Kevin Hartford who stutters featured in Wall Street Journal
Kevin Hartford started his own company after it seemed no one else would hire him.
Researchers clarify position on stuttering treatment for children
Australian researchers Ann Packman and Mark Onslow have published a letter in the journal The Asha Leader, clarifying a letter regarding research done in 2013. The study examined stuttering in preschool children and the application of speech therapy such as the Lidcombe program, and was reported on by this website.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
A new program at The Speech and Stuttering Institute in Toronto is being offered to benefit people who have challenges with speech