The National Stuttering Association has announced its location and dates for the next conference. It will take place July 3-7 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The keynote speakers and workshop information has yet to be announced, but no doubt the conference will feature the same high caliber content as other years.

Dr. Dennis Drayna, researcher at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), has been studying the genetic factor as it relates to stuttering for many years. He has recently updated the stuttering community about his research in an interview with the American Speech and Hearing Association and a podcast interview on Stuttertalk.

From the National Stuttering Association Website.

Disability Studies is a relatively recent field in academia, yet today almost all of Canada's major universities have degree programs in this area.

Winston Purdy

This article was originally published in the summer 2012 issue of CSA Voices.

In this amusing article featured in the Australian newspaper the Age, noted author Kate Forsyth relates her battles with speech difficulties and memories of her childhood. Has anyone else ever heard of "spoonerisms"?

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Fuddling up my mucking words

Stuttering. Is it an ability in disguise? Or is it a disability? Does being female affect the perception of stuttering?

The 10th ISA World Congress for People who Stutter will take place in the Netherlands in 2013, from June 10th until June 13th.

This is a review of the book Voice Unearthed: Hope, Help and a Wake-Up Call for the Parents of Children Who Stutter, by Doreen Lenz Holte.

For people who stutter, picking up a telephone to make a call can be like picking up a live cobra – only the phone is worse.