Organization:European League of Stuttering Associations

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The European League of Stuttering Associations (ELSA) was set up in 1990 by organisations in 12 countries to promote a greater knowledge and understanding of stuttering and to bring together, as a top umbrella organisation, the national stuttering self-help organisations of Europe.

ELSA is a trans-national, cross-cultural organisation. It seeks resources only open to multi-national groups, extends the exchange-of-information network, and lobbies for stutterers at a prominent international level.

Its main roles are:

  • to link together and further the co-operation of Europe's national organisations.
  • to provide a forum for exchange of concepts and experiences in stuttering therapy and self-help.
  • to help represent the interests of stutterers to European and international bodies.
  • to put stuttering onto the European agenda to ensure that the needs and challenges faced by people who stutter are considered in a European context.

ELSA's work has been recognised by the International Labour Office in Geneva, the World Health Organisation in Geneva and the United Nations Office in Vienna. ELSA is also a founding member of the European Disability Forum, an umbrella disability organisation based in Brussels.

Governance

The current executive board consists of Edwin Farr MBE[1] (Chair),[2] Anita Blom (Vice-Chair) and Richard Bourgondiën (Webmaster).[3]

Publications

The Association publishes a newsletter, One Voice,[4] which is published twice a year and is a joint project with the International Stuttering Association.[5]

International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD)

Together with the International Fluency Association and the International Stuttering Association,[6] the International Stuttering Association celebrates, every 22 October, International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) which includes an online conference on stuttering[7] and a media campaign.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Honours for England: The North East". BBC News. 14 June 2012. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2045566.stm. Retrieved 3 August 2013. 
  2. ↑ Edwin Farr (1 August 2003). "International and European Disability Policy relating to Stuttering - What People who Stutter need to know and why". http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad6/papers/farr6.html. Retrieved 1 June 2011. 
  3. ↑ "About ELSA". European League of Stuttering Associations. http://www.stuttering.ws/index.php/elsa/board. Retrieved 4 July 2013. 
  4. ↑ "One Voice". One Voice (International Stuttering Association) (32). August 2012. http://www.isastutter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/OV32.pdf. 
  5. ↑ "One Voice Newsletter". International Stuttering Association. http://www.isastutter.org/news/one-voice-newsletter. Retrieved 29 October 2012. 
  6. ↑ "UWE academic takes part in online stuttering conference". University of the West of England, Bristol. 25 September 2007. http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/UWEnews/news.aspx?id=1121. Retrieved 29 October 2012. 
  7. ↑ "Nosením zelenej stužky sa dá vyjadriť pochopenie pre koktavých ("Wearing green ribbons can express sympathy for stuttering")". Topky (Bratislava). 20 October 2012. http://www.topky.sk/cl/13/1328371/Nosenim-zelenej-stuzky-sa-da-vyjadrit-pochopenie-pre-koktavych. Retrieved 30 October 2012. 
  8. ↑ "International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD): October 22". International Stuttering Association. http://www.isastutter.org/what-we-do/isad. Retrieved 29 October 2012. 

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