Our outreach projects are a particularly important aspect of ISA activity. In many countries national self-help organizations have not yet been set up, but we are frequently approached by individuals in these regions. Although ISA is primarily an umbrella organization for existing national organizations, we have created a special category of members: a group of special friends of the ISA.
Stuttering Organisations Unite to Congratulate Joe Biden ‘You Stutter, we stutter, it’s how we talk’
Press Release on January 20, 2021 Joe Biden is the first president of the USA who stutters. One per cent of all adults stutter, about 7.77 million people worldwide. Self-help organisations of people who stutter have now joined together worldwide to congratulate Joe Biden on his inauguration on 20 January …
Raising Stuttering Awareness on December 3rd, 2020 International Day of Disability is today, December 3rd 2020. The day represents the value of the global community diversity; learning to understand the experiences of people with disablities (PWD), optimism towards the future – a world where a person is not characterized by …
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The Outreach Africa plan can be viewed at this link.
Vision – to bring services to people who stutter in the developing world. 1. History As so often happens at conferences networking can stimulate some wonderful ideas. At the 2004 Congress for PWS experienced SLP’s David Shapiro and Peggy Wahlhaus discussed with International Stuttering Association Chair Mark Irwin and Stefan …
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2nd African Congress, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, October 2008 By Joseph Lukong, Secretary and Board Member of the International Stuttering Association. Coordinator General of Speak Clear Association of Cameroon. P.0. Box 9598 Doaula Cameroon. Tel +237 77 80 49 45. Email: Lujotar@yahoo.com, Joseph.lukong@stutterisa.org 1) Introduction: The International Stuttering Association, ISA and …
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Mission to Senegal, West Africa, October 2007 Another project of the International Speech Project, the second mission took place in Senegal, West Africa, from October 16-20, 2007. The mission was led by Moussa Dao a pharmacist from Burkino Faso, a member of ISA, and a stutterer, and Anne-Marie Simon, a …
Mission to Togo, West Africa, June 2006 The purpose of the International Speech Project was to send team of professionals and consumers to bring good information about stuttering to places where there were not services for stuttering and little information available. The first mission took place in Togo, West Africa, …
1st African Congress, Cameroon, October 2005 THE International Stuttering Association (ISA) in collaboration with the Speak Clear Association of Cameroon (SCAC), organized the first ever African Conference on stuttering in Douala Cameroon. This conference took place from the 6th to the 8th of October 2005, brought together people who stutter …