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second
African
Congress on
Stuttering!
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congress!
Follow
above
link for
the
official
website
of the
9th
World
Congress
of the
International
Stuttering
Association
in
Beijing,
China in
2010.
Contact
the head
of the
conference
organizing
committee, Zong-Shan
Li at
lzsh@ibcas.ac.cn.
Stuttering is no
Joke
In our society, speech is considered one of the most important means for interpersonal communication. The spoken word not only conveys content, but also includes information about the speaker's intent, emotions, personality and perceptions.
Unfortunately, the window that speech provides on the speaker's self, can also lead to stereotypical perceptions of people with speech disorders that go well beyond their speech difficulties. Whilst spoken word is taken for granted by most, the use of spoken language is challenging for millions of people around the world who stutter.
It is estimated that approximately 60 million of the 6 billion people with whom we share this world, stutter. For many of us who stutter, daily communication is a constant struggle. And for many, speech does not open doors but closes for interpersonal, academic and professional development and fulfillment.
October
18th
2008
in
Rio
de
Janeiro,
Brazil
1st
Brazilian
Meeting
of
People
Who
Stutter
(Primeiro
Encontro
Brasileiro
de
Pessoas
que
Gaguejam)
For
more
information
http://www.abragagueira.org.br
October
24th
2008
in
Brno,
Czech
Republic
Stuttering
in
Practice For
more
information
click
here.
October
27th - 30th, 2008 in
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 2nd African Congress on Stuttering
For more information see
the website
http://ouaga2008.ifrance.com
or
our current
ISA newsletter, "One Voice" by
clicking here.
November
20th -
22nd, 2008 in
Chicago,
Illinois,
USA
American
Speech-Language
Hearing
Association
(ASHA)
Convention For more information see
the website
http://www.asha.org/about/events/convention.htm.
August 1st -
7th,
2010 in
Beijing,
China 9th
World
Congress of
the
International
Stuttering
Association
For more
information
see the
Congress
website at
http://www.bj2010isc.cn/index.php.
Specific
details
about location
will be
published
when they
are
available.
* These introductions have been translated by machine so are very
inaccurate. If you are able to assist the ISA by correctly translating the English
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