Lead singer for the rock band Hello Kelly, Francois "Francy" Goudreault, Jr., was also honored by the Stuttering Foundation. In Hello Kelly's song Communication Breakdown, Francy and his bandmates have set to music the struggles 65 million people around the world live each day. Francy's message and achievement amplify hope for a new generation of people who stutter. Hello Kelly is a feisty alt-rock band from Orangeville, ON.
Sept. 2011 — St. Catherine's College, Oxford, was the perfect setting for numerous outstanding presentations by experts in the field.
The Stuttering Foundation provided continuing education credits for the conference, which was sponsored by the Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children, endorsed by De Montfort University, Leicester, and organized by Elsevier.
A Limerick About the Western Workshop
By Ann Douvier
Out west went twenty SLPs
To learn to treat dysfluencies.
Drawn from four nations
By the Stuttering Foundation
To make more effective, our therapies.
We've all worked with children who stutter
Who've been told, "Slow down and don't mutter!"
By listening, reflecting,
Exploring, detecting
We'll help them succeed with the speech they utter.
Jane Fraser, president of the Stuttering Foundation, represented the stuttering community May 9 at the prestigious Monte Cristo Awards dinner honoring legendary actor James Earl Jones.
"James Earl Jones has been an inspiration to the stuttering community for decades," Fraser said. "He has courageously shared his own personal experiences with stuttering for the benefit of all. When we think of eloquence and fluency of speech, we think of Mr. Jones as the ultimate role model."
My name is Glenn Weybright. I am a speech-language pathologist in Portland, Oregon, and a person who stutters. In late April, 2011, I spent 8 days with a medical team helping treat Haitian children and adults in a primary care medical clinic in the village of Gramothe, Haiti, about 15 miles south of Port Au Prince.
The Stuttering Foundation announces its 2011 Awards for Excellence in Journalism.
The following remarks were given by Jane Fraser at the Stuttering Foundation's first-ever New York City Gala.
This incredible movie and its superb portrayal of King George VI by Colin Firth have truly turned our world upside down.
So tonight, we honor this exceptional film that has brought so much help to so many.
Editor's Note: The new DVD Stuttering and the Big Cats featuring Alan Rabinowitz was unveiled during the New York gala.
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