Summary
The National Stuttering Association (NSA) is a United States support group organization for people who stutter. Its headquarters are in New York City.[1]
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| Abbreviation | NSA |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | National Stuttering Project |
| Formation | January 1977 |
| Founder | Bob Goldman, Michael Sugarman |
| Founded at | California |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
| Headquarters | New York, New York, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40°33′34″N 74°10′05″W / 40.55957°N 74.16794°W |
Region | United States |
| Fields | Stuttering, Speech disorders |
Executive Director | Tammy Flores |
| Website | westutter |
The NSA was founded by Bob Goldman and Michael Sugarman as the National Stuttering Project in California in 1977.[2] Currently the NSA functions through a network of more than 100 local adult, teen, and children's chapters nationwide.[3]
The NSA sponsors regional workshops, youth and family events, education seminars for speech-language pathologists, and an Annual Conference, which hosts an average of 900 attendees. The NSA also publishes educational resources, such as pamphlets and booklets about stuttering, as well as a quarterly newsletter: Letting Go.[1]
In November 2002, the Association received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.[3]
The NSA played a key role in establishing the National Stuttering Awareness Week in 1988.[citation needed]
Annual conference edit
The NSA hosts a conference in the summer every year in the first week of July in cities throughout the United States.[4] The 2016 conference was a joint conference with the International Stuttering Association. The conference began with a two-day research symposium with presentations and workshops by experts in the field, which is then followed by a four-day general conference which features workshops led by the experts and by volunteers, as well as a keynote.
Hall of Fame edit
The NSA Hall of Fame
- 1996: John Ahlbach, NSA Executive Director 1981–1995[5]
- 1998: Michael Sugarman[5]
- 2000: John Paul Larkin (Scatman John)[5]
- 2001: Vivian Sheehan[5]
- 2002: Eugene Cooper[6][5]
- 2003: Lee Reeves NSA Chairman of the Board of Directors 1997–2003[5][7]
- 2004: Annie Glenn
- 2005: Marty Jezer[8][9]
- 2007: Annie Bradberry, NSA Executive Director 1997–2003[5]
- 2009: Judith Kuster
Other inductees include: Fred Murray, Mel Hoffman, Rich Wells, Herb Goldberg, Dorvan Breitenfeldt, John C. Harrison, Russ Hicks, Nina Reeves, and Jim McClure
References edit
- ^ a b NSA webpage: "General Info", "About the NSA"
- ^ History of the NSA
- ^ a b Distinguished Service Award Nomination for the National Stuttering Association
- ^ NSA Webpage: "Annual Conference""
- ^ a b c d e f g NSA 24th Annual Conference (2007), pp.56–57
- ^ NSA: What's New: August 16, 2005
- ^ NSA: What's New: August 5, 2005
- ^ Marty Jezer Memoria
External links edit
- Official website