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Abbreviation | ISA[1] |
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Formation | 1995[2] |
Type | Nonprofit support group |
Headquarters | New Ulm, Minnesota, United States[3] |
Region served | International |
Membership | National and international self-help stuttering organizations |
Official language | English |
Chair | Anja Herde |
Main organ | One Voice (twice a year) |
Website | www |
The International Stuttering Association (ISA),[1] founded in Linköping, Sweden, in July 1995,[2] is a nonprofit international support group organization for people who stutter. The current chair (since 2019) is Anja Herde.[4]
Membership of ISA is open to national or international self-help organizations of people who stutter. Individuals can become non-voting special friends or honorary members.[2]
The first honorary lifetime members of ISA are Jane Fraser of the Stuttering Foundation of America, and Judith Kuster.[2]
The Association's newsletter, One Voice,[5] is published once a year and is a joint project with the European League of Stuttering Associations.[6]
Together with the International Fluency Association and the European League of Stuttering Associations,[7] the International Stuttering Association celebrates International Stuttering Awareness Day, which includes an online conference on stuttering[8] and a media campaign, every 22 October.[9]