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The British Stammering Association (BSA), trading as Stamma (styled 'STAMMA') since 2019, [3] is a national membership organisation in the United Kingdom for adults and children who stammer, their friends and families, speech and language therapists and other professionals. It became a charity in 1978 and is based in London.
Stuttering, also known as stammering, is a speech disorder characterized externally by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words, or phrases as well as involuntary silent pauses called blocks in which the person who stutters is unable to produce sounds.
Some types of treatment for children younger than six years of age focus on the elimination of stuttering. Families are involved in the management of stuttering feedback in children: therapy is usually characterized providing an environment that encourages slow speech, affording the child time to talk, and modeling slowed and relaxed speech.
“It's very rare in fiction, any kind of fiction, to meet a character with a stammer who's taken seriously,” says O’Farrell, who has a stammer herself. “Often, it's played for laughs.
Palin's continued support and involvement has helped create a high profile for the centre. [1] Children, young people and adults who stammer, both from across the UK and from overseas, [1] are seen by the specialist speech therapists at the centre, either face to face or using telehealth. Assessments for children from the UK are charitably funded.
The Stuttering Foundation of America provides free online resources, services and support to those who stutter and their families, as well as support for research into the causes of stuttering. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, The Stuttering Foundation was established by Malcolm Fraser in 1947 in Memphis, Tennessee . [ 1 ]
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