International Stuttering Association (ISA)

The ISA seeks to improve the conditions of all those whose lives are affected by stuttering in all countries.

15th ISA World Congress 2025 will be held in Rovaniemi, Finland, August 6-10

Celebration of 30 years of ISA.  Check back for more details.

For further information, you can send an email to dina.lilian@gmail.com, sayglobalcare@gmail.com, or dmannesman1@gmail.com.   

 

NSA Annual Conference is in St. Louis July 3-6, 2024

STAMMAfest 2024 to be held in Nottingham from 14-18th August 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Declaration of the Right to Stutter 

We, the undersigned, declare that people who stutter should be accepted as having a stutter. We may, or may not, choose to find support to sound fluent or stutter less. That is our right. It is not reasonable to expect or insist that we sound fluent. We stutter. That is how we talk.

In this time of diversity, adjustments are too often not given to those who stutter, be it at work, education or using everyday services. The expectation is rather that we should strive to ‘overcome’ our stutter and speak differently. As individuals we may wish, and even try, to do so. But as a community we refute the idea that we all stop stuttering.

No organization can claim to value equality or diversity unless stuttering voices are permitted and valued. We call upon every organization and institution to work with people who stutter to make sure that all of us are given the respect every person deserves; and that space is made for us.

It is our right to speak as we do.

Translations: BulgarianChineseDanishDutchEstonianGermanHebrewItalianJapaneseNepaleseNorwegianPersianPolishPortuguesePortuguese (BR)RussianSpanishSwedish

 

 

 

 

 

 

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About International Stuttering Association (ISA)

The International Stuttering Association is an international association made up of national groups which are guided by a board of directors with the aim of helping others understand stuttering.

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”