About the CSA

What is the Canadian Stuttering Organization?

The Canadian Stuttering Association (CSA) is an internationally recognized not-for-profit organization for peotple who stutter. The CSA was established in 1991 as the Canadian Association for People Who Stutter (CAPS) to promote awareness of stuttering and support for people afflicted with this disorder. In 2006 the name was changed to the Canadian Stuttering Association.

The CSA provides a voice for all whose lives are affected by stuttering.

For people who stutter, the CSA offers advice, support, and acceptance. It also provides education and resources about stuttering, self-help groups and treatment options. The CSA is an advocacy organization for Canadians who stutter.
For the families and friends of people who stutter, the CSA provides education and resources about stuttering, self-help groups and treatment options. Members of the CSA are available to offer advice and support to the families. Stuttering affects the person who stutters, but it also impacts those people closest to him/her.
For those who work with people who stutter, the CSA offers education and resources about stuttering. The CSA is developing a network of professionals who work with people who stutter. To work with a person who stutters, you need to understand what it is like to stutter. We work closely with speech professionals and treatment centers, but we remain independent of them. The CSA is also committed to supporting research into stuttering whenever possible.
For the general public, the CSA releases, through the news media, education and resources about stuttering, as well as providing educational materials and programs to health professionals, teachers and employers.

The Stuttering Community

The Canadian Stuttering Association provides coordination for a Canadian network of autonomous self-help groups for people who stutter. Self-help groups offer people who stutter, and their families, support and resources as they cope with stuttering. These groups are founded on the principle that we have much to learn from each other – no matter what language we speak. There are self-help groups in many communities across Canada. We encourage you to start a group if there is not one near you.

For many people who stutter, feelings of being alone can sometimes be overwhelming, a primary objective of the CSA is to create a community where people can be accepted for who and what they are, and realize that they are not alone. The CSA is an impartial forum for the sharing of information through its newsletter, conferences, workshops and internet discussion forum.