We are pleased to announce that the Ottawa Family Cinema will have a special screening of the powerful 2012 documentary film, “Bully” on Friday, November 23rd at 7pm. Proceeds from this showing will go to the Marie Poulos Bursary Fund. This fund assists individuals who stutter attend intensive and semi-intensive speech therapy programs at The […]
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A Letter of Thanks
The following email was received from Lynn Metthe, Clinical Coordinator, who teaches the first-year speech-language pathology students at the University of Ottawa. “A heart felt THANK YOU to Norm and Laura who volunteered to speak to 1st speech-language pathology and audiology students. Students were moved and inspired by their stories. Their presentation helped set the […]
ARE YOU A FORMER MEMBER OF SPEECHMASTERS OF OTTAWA?
Are you a former member of Speechmasters of Ottawa the self-help group for people who stutter that was very active in the 1980s and the early 1990s? This was a very large group that met in the Ottawa Rehabïlatation Centre. Marie Poulos was the speech therapist at the Stuttering Treatment Clinic at that time. […]
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO STUTTER: SPONSOR OUR TEAM IN THE 2012 OTTAWA RACE WEEKEND
Members of the Ottawa Association of People Who Stutter are taking part in the 2012 Ottawa Race Weekend
2011 CANADIAN STUTTERING ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE: MAKING CONNECTIONS
The 10th Canadian Stuttering Association Conference will take place in Vancouver, B.C. on August 19th and 20th. 2011 will be a special year for the Canadian Stuttering Association as the year will mark the organization’s 20th Anniversary! Like past conferences, the goals of the event are two-fold: first of all, to be a learning experience […]
Where does our support come from?
All too often we give thanks to our speech path, our fellow PWS (people who stutter), and our close friends for their patience and support; this includes before, during and after therapy. Unfortunately, we usually forget to include those closest to us, our partners, other members of our immediate and extended families, and even our pets. Our […]