Please Support the Indian Stammering Association Petition

Author
Lisa Wilder

The Indian Stammering Association is protesting a new Bombay-produced movie, called "Golmaal 3". The movie features a person who stammers/stutters as an object of ridicule. According to Dr Satyendra Srivastava, the Coordinator of the ISA,

The movie repeatedly makes fun of people who stammer, and by doing so, humiliates them, and portrays a disability in a negative light, in the name of cheap humor. It promotes the stereotype that persons who stammer are mentally deficient and are incompetent.

CSA Member's letter published in Toronto Star

Author
Lisa Wilder

With all the attention surrounding the new movie, the King's Speech, it's easy to forget that it is very difficult for a lot of people who need it to obtain speech therapy. Jane Clarkson, a CSA Member who lives in Brampton, Ontario, wrote the following letter to the Toronto Star, which was published in the Letters to the Editor section on Monday, September 27.

Try getting help for stuttering