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Check out the ISAD presentation in San Francisco!
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Happy International Stuttering Awareness Day Everyone! Remember to wear your Sea Green ribbons or clothes to tell everyone about stuttering! There is still room on the conference call for the ISAD event tonight at 6:00 (Pacific standard time) in San Francisco. Please contact me at Nghiselli@alliant.edu if you would like to reserve a spot on the phone.
Happy stuttering!!
PLEASE...... click on the link below and invite your
family/friends to help me to spread and raise the public awareness of the millions of people who stutter/stammer.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=...
I THANK YOU ALL !!!!!
To: Stuttering Community
From: Michael Sugarman
Re: Sea Green for Stuttering Awareness
People have asked, “What color do we use for stuttering awareness?” This year marks the debut of a stuttering awareness ribbon. The color is sea green. The color ‘blue’ has traditionally been associated with calm while ‘green’ represents liberty, freedom and justice. The combination of these colors for People who Stutter shows the bond between ‘peace’ and ‘liberation’ when finding support and community with other people who understand and share their experiences. These are reflected in the ‘Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of People who Stutter’: www.stutterisa.org/Mission_R&R. Html
Remember to wear Sea Green clothes or ribbon on October 22nd to raise awareness about stuttering and the issues people who stutter face everyday.
Also, remember to go to www.stutteringhomepage.com for the ISAD online conference, which will be ending next week.
I want to thank Jaime Rocchio, Nina Ghiselli, Mike Garcia and Josh Denault for their ideas to change the way people who stutter view themselves and how the general public views stuttering.
To coincide with the International Stammering Awareness Day which falls on the 22nd of October, there is a National Stammering Awareness Day being held in Wynns Hotel in Dublin on Saturday the 17th of October and the theme is the same. All are welcome and admission is free the organisor is Michael O`Shea and Jonothon Linklater and I am sure they would really appreciate all of your support.
My clinic will give 75% off any stuttering or cluttering evaluation over the week of ISAD:
10/17 - 10/23 only ! You will not need insurance for that...you will pay $35 only for a full fluency evaluation this week only...see: http://galwave.biz/2.html and if you will join my fluency group on Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid... you will pay only $20 !!!
From an email sent to NSA members by Russ Hicks
DO NOT MISS THIS ONLINE CONFERENCE!
The 12th annual ISAD online conference IS NOW UNDER WAY! It will run through October 22nd which is International Stuttering Awareness Day.
If you've never "attended" one of these conferences before, you're in for a real treat. The official write-up for this conference states:
Stuttering: More Than a Tangled Tongue is the theme of the twelfth annual International Stuttering Awareness Day online conference, hosted by Judith Kuster, Minnesota State University, Mankato, will open October 1. It can be found by going to The Stuttering Home Page ( www.stutteringhomep age.com). The online conference features several papers written by well-known professionals and consumers (people who stutter/clutter) from around the world. Participants can read papers and interact with the presenters on easy-to-use threaded discussions attached to each paper, during the three weeks the conference is "live" -- from October 1-22. The ISAD online conference is freely available or can be taken for Continuing Education (1.5/15 hours) or one university credit (either graduate or undergraduate) . Instructions and requirements for CEU or credit are online at here.
Papers remain available online after the conference has ended and all past conferences are archived and available here.
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But that really doesn't tell the whole story. There are over 50 papers on every subject imaginable related to stuttering. Overt, covert, therapy, research, support groups, attitudes, struggles, successes, theories, opinions, ask-the-experts, real life experiences ... you name it, it's there. If you ever wanted to know anything about stuttering, this is the place to go.
The conference is INTERACTIVE too! You can read papers, then ask questions or give comments to the authors. And of course they will answer you. It's not chat, nor is it email or a listserv or Facebook or Twitter. It's a entirely different technique called a "threaded discussion" which is unlike anything you've ever experienced before if this is your first online conference. Simply go to The Stuttering Homepage and click on the conference logo.
You'll find articles written by a BUNCH of NSA people such as Michael Sugarman, Sarah (Dowgiallo) D'Agostino, Maria Garza-Witte, Judy Kuster, Jim McClure, Marty Jezer (amazingly enough!), Ellen Bennett Lanouette, Peter Reitzes, Reuben Schuff, Steven Kaufman, Russ Hicks, Bobby Childers, Pam Mertz, Cathy Olish, Chris Roach, Joshua Schmid, Judy Butler, Kristin Chmela, Bob Quesal, Nan Ratner, and Tim Mackesey. There's also a feature called "The Professor Is In" featuring Scott Yaruss, John Tetnowski, Vivian Sisskin, Judy Kuster, Walt Manning, Dennis Drayna, and Joe Donaher. If you attended the Scottsdale conference last summer, many of those people were on the highly acclaimed research symposium.
And all this is FREE! And even better than that, you can attend the conference in your pajamas without ever leaving your home. All you need is a computer. Furthermore it's open 24 hours a day. There's no other experience in the stuttering community quite like it.
DO NOT MISS THIS CONFERENCE!
Thanks Nishant! Be sure to check out the stuttering home page at http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/
Classes start tomorrow!
There has been a surge of interest in the ISAD cause! We want to hear how you will raise awareness about stuttering. Please post to the discussion board.
Thanks for continuing to support people who stutter. Please help spread the word about ISAD. Feel free to invite your Friends! See links below. Sorry for if you have previously received this email. We are trying really hard to get the word out!
International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) Oct. 22nd 2009
Stuttering: More than a tangled tongue: Online and in person events
Stuttering: More Than a Tangled Tongue is the theme of the twelfth annual
International Stuttering Awareness Day online conference. This year the SF teen chapter and the East Bay adult chapter of the National Stuttering Association are proud to co-sponsor an in-person presentation in San Francisco at Alliant International University. Below is information on the online and in-person presentations.
• Stuttering: More Than a Tangled Tongue is the theme of the twelfth annual International Stuttering Awareness Day online conference, hosted by Judith Kuster, Minnesota State University, Mankato, will open October 1. It can be found by going to The Stuttering Home Page (www.stutteringhomepage.com). The online conference features several papers written by well-known professionals and consumers (people who stutter/clutter) from around the
world. Participants can read papers and interact with the presenters on
easy-to-use threaded discussions attached to each paper, during the three weeks the conference is "live" -- from October 1-22.
• Alliant International University, the San Francisco Teen and the East Bay Chapters of the National Stuttering Association (www.bayareansa.com), and the International Stuttering Association are hosting an in-person workshop for International Stuttering Awareness Day titled, Community Building and Creating Change in our World. Presenters include Michael Sugarman, Josh Denault, Michael Garcia, and Nina Ghiselli. Alliant will have computers accessible for guests. If you require accommodations, please contact Nina Ghiselli at 415-955-2164; nghiselli@alliant.edu . Participants can join us online at this time as well as the guest speakers will be answering questions at that time. There are a limited number of phone lines reserved for participants who are not able to come or who live outside the Bay Area. Please contact Nina Ghiselli for more information and to reserve a spot.
Below is a press release for these events. Feel free to pass the information along or better yet, to send to media outlets to help spread the word about stuttering awareness.
People who stutter represent a diverse group of individuals with different occupations, diverse cultural identities, personal experiences and accomplishments. Although over 60 million people stutter, most people actually know very little about stuttering. This lack of awareness is how come people who stutter may face discrimination, prejudice and at times social isolation.
International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) occurs on October 22nd and is designed to raise awareness about the challenges that people who stutter experience. ISAD is a joint endeavor by persons who stutter and their families and professionals (educators, researchers and clinicians) interested in stuttering. ISAD provides a framework for building a more humane, just and compassionate world for millions of people who stutter
ISAD is co-sponsored and recognized by major international stuttering organizations such as International Stuttering Association; the International Fluency Association; European League of Stuttering Associations and American Speech-Hearing Association Division on Fluency and Fluency Disorders as well as national organizations which you can find on the International Stuttering Association website (www.stutterisa.org).
This year’s events include the twelfth annual online conference October 1 –22nd found by going to The Stuttering Home Page (www.stutteringhomepage.com) where participants can read papers by consumers and professionals from around the world and interact with the presenters during the three weeks the conference is “live.” Papers remain available online and all past conferences are archived. Alliant International University, the San Francisco Teen and the East Bay Chapters of the National Stuttering Association (www.bayareansa.com), and the International Stuttering Association are hosting an in-person workshop for International Stuttering Awareness Day titled, Community Building and Creating Change in our World. Presenters include Michael Sugarman, Josh Denault, Michael Garcia, and Nina Ghiselli. Alliant will have computers accessible for guests. If you require accommodations, please contact Nina Ghiselli at 415-955-2164; nghiselli@alliant.edu . Participants can join us online at this time as well as the guest speakers will be answering questions at that time. There are a limited number of phone lines reserved for participants who are not able to come or who live outside the Bay Area. Please contact Nina Ghiselli for more information and to reserve a spot.
2009 presents many challenges that face people who stutter such as economic recession, job loss or anxiety about employment or personal fulfillment. It is vital to create a society, in which people who stutter can develop talents, become advocates for better understanding and become active participants in their future. This year in particular there are many conferences or workshops held around the world. It is an opportunity to take personal steps in changing: you can go to www.stutterisa.org for a listing of conferences you can attend.
Also support ISAD and the East Bay NSA on Facebook at:
ISAD cause: http://apps.facebook.com/causes/267261
RSVP to Alliant event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127062135338
Support the SF Bay Area Chapters of the NSA at:
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This cause has been modified to spread the news about International Stuttering Awareness Day. Join us in San Francisco on Oct. 22, 2009. Not in the Bay Area, you can join us by conference call! More to come....
Thanks for supporting the cause! Info about the online presentation will be up and running soon. Be on the look for for the info!