Rebecca Tasker

This July, Daniele, Carolina and I attended the NSA conference in Cleveland.

I have just finished a book that I think any person who stutters should read. It is called Stuttering: A life bound up in words by Marty Jezer.

This article is a summary and review, of the following article:
Article: Coping responses by adults who stutter: Part 2. Approaching the problem and achieving agency
From the Journal of Fluency Disorders, Vol. 34, 2009, 87-107
Authors: Laura W. Plexico, Walter H. Manning, Heidi Levitt

The primary purpose of this study was to understand the range of speakers’ coping responses to the stress of stuttering. Also pertinent was the impact that these various responses have on one’s daily life.

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Did you know people who stutter have a patron saint?

From information compiled from CNN and Science News websites

The New England Journal of Medicine has published research about the genetic factor in stuttering. While it has been known that the condition is hereditary in many cases, exactly what physiological traits are passed down to cause it has been a mystery.

Emily Blunt, star of movies such as The Young Victoria and The Devil Wears Prada talks about overcoming the stutter she had as a child in the Daily Beast Blog.

Cover of Hooray for Aiden!

Karen Hollett, a resident of Yellowknife and also a person who stutters, has written a children's book featuring a character who is a child who stutters.

CSA Board Director member Michael Niven spoke to the press Tuesday, May 18th about the positive results of treatment he took many years ago at ISTAR (Institute for Stuttering Treatment and Research) in Edmonton. It has been shown that the program has long-term, positive effects.

Express News

Bob Hepburn wrote an article that appears today in the Toronto Star about the drastically slashed funding for speech therapy in Ontario.