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.
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.
A review of the paper: The Effectiveness of intensive, group therapy for teenagers who stutter by Jane Fry, Sharon Millard and Willie Botte
One of our readers has submitted the following essay for publication. Do you want to tell your story about stuttering?
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.
Kevin Hartford started his own company after it seemed no one else would hire him.
A new program at The Speech and Stuttering Institute in Toronto is being offered to benefit people who have challenges with speech
If there is one thing I can say I have learned, it is the joy of being a single father of a child with special needs.
