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.
Karen Hollett, CSA member, author of "Hooray for Aiden" and Northwest Territories resident, informs us that members of the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) Legislative Assembly will speak
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
The Thirteenth International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference will be live from October 1st to the 22nd.
Review of Yoga for Stuttering: Unifying the Voice, Breath, Mind & Body to Achieve Fluent Speech, by J.M. Balakrishnan
I had the pleasure of attending the screening of "The King's Speech" last night at the Toronto Film Festival and enjoyed every minute of
