On February 15, the Canadian Stuttering Association is sponsoring a screening of the award winning documentary, My Beautiful Stutter, in Toronto, Ontario. The film features five kids ages 9-18, from all over the United States, who attend the arts-based programs at SAY, The Stuttering Association for the Young. Go to our page for more details!
As we all embark on an exciting and promising new year, I think it is important to review the CSA successes of 2019 which have served to pave a smooth path for the upcoming year.
On November 2, I had the pleasure of attending the very first conference of the Newfoundland and Labrador Stuttering Association (NLSA), in Mount Pearl, near the city of St-John’s, Newfoundland. The NLSA is a new stuttering association, founded in 2018.
The 12th Annual Oxford Dysfluency Conference will take place September 23-26, 2020. The 12th Oxford Dysfluency Conference (ODC), under the theme ‘Challenge and Change’, is to be held at St Catherine’s College Oxford.
On Saturday December 7th, The Interprofessional Clinic at Perley-Rideau is offering a Speech-refresher day for youth 10-16 years old who stutter. The day will feature a pre-release showing of the new documentary, “My Beautiful Stutter”.
Our annual CSA conference last month was a huge success! We had record-breaking attendance, including many families, speech-language pathologists and students, and of course - people who stutter of all ages.