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Published: Friday, 03 July 2015 14:41
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Written by CSA Admin
Branden "Skip" Brooks with
Beau Biden in 2008
Branden Brooks was a shy 8th grader with a stutter when his class visited the White House twenty years ago. He bravely put up his hand to ask Senator (before he was Vice-President) Joe Biden a question during a Q&A session. Biden stuttered in his youth, and approached Branden afterwards to give him some words of support, and later sent him a personal letter. Today Branden is a practicing lawyer, and in 2008 was sworn in by no other than Joe Biden's son Beau, who tragically died of brain cancer this year. Branden says that Joe Biden's words and letter always inspired him. Read more about this story here.
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Published: Sunday, 17 May 2015 13:40
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Written by David Burton
Norm McEwen (top) and team members at
the 2012 Ottawa Race Weekend.
Standing tall among others, Norm McEwen was a long time advocate for people who stutter in Ottawa and across Canada. For years he was a Board member of the Canadian Stuttering Association, and a founding member of the Ottawa Association of People Who Stutter (OAPWS). Also, for many years Norm, other OAPWS members and a team at the Rehab Clinic in Ottawa took part in the Ottawa Race Weekend under the banner of the Ottawa Hospital’s Run For A Reason campaign.
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Published: Thursday, 12 March 2015 22:07
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Written by CSA Admin
All Canadian Stuttering Association members are invited to our AGM and introductory workshop on Saturday March 28 at 1pm in Toronto, Ontario at Metro Hall, King and John Streets. So we can know how many to expect, please register in advance for this event.
Before the meeting, there is a special event at 10:00 am with guest speaker Margo Gouley of the Humphrey Group. She will lead this interactive workshop "Speaking as a Leader." There is no charge for either event, but please register.
There’s much to get involved in and we welcome your ideas, particularly on the possibility of another mini-confernece in Toronto this year and a CSA national conference next year.
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Published: Thursday, 02 July 2015 15:14
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Written by Lisa Wilder
Note: This article contains spoiler info for episode 7, “Tongue Tied”, but not for subsequent episodes.
The popular Netflix series Orange is the New Black, about an upper middle-class woman serving time in prison for drug smuggling, is now in its third year. This season the character of Norma, (played by Annie Golden) was introduced, an older woman who refuses to speak. The 7th episode, entitled “Tongue Tied”, reveals some of her past. Norma is in prison for murder and she does not speak because she is a person who stutters.
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Published: Monday, 04 May 2015 09:08
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A decision made last year by the government of Australia with regard to funding speech therapy for pre-school children who stutter has created a controversy world-wide in the global speech pathology community.
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Published: Sunday, 08 March 2015 21:01
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The Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario is looking for people who stutter to participate in a study that investigates how they process auditory feedback while speaking. For more information go to the website or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. the lab. From the Jones Lab centre's website: "We conduct a wide range of studies on speech communication, singing, musicianship, and decision making. We study both healthy individuals as well as individuals who are challenged by communication disorders."
