National Stuttering Association

Abbreviation	NSA
Predecessor	National Stuttering Project
Formation	January 1977; 47 years ago (1977-01)
Founder	Bob Goldman, Michael Sugarman
Founded at	California
Type	NGO
Legal status	501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Headquarters	New York, New York, U.S.
Coordinates	40°33′34″N 74°10′05″W / 40.55957°N 74.16794°W / 40.55957; -74.16794
Region	United States
Fields	Stuttering, Speech disorders
Executive Director	Tammy Flores
Website	westutter.org

The National Stuttering Association (NSA) is a United States support group organization for people who stutter. Its headquarters are in New York City.^[1]

The NSA was founded by Bob Goldman and Michael Sugarman as the National Stuttering Project in California in 1977.^[2] Currently the NSA functions through a network of more than 100 local adult, teen, and children's chapters nationwide.^[3]

The NSA sponsors regional workshops, youth and family events, education seminars for speech-language pathologists, and an Annual Conference, which hosts an average of 900 attendees. The NSA also publishes educational resources, such as pamphlets and booklets about stuttering, as well as a quarterly newsletter: Letting Go.^[1]

In November 2002, the Association received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.^[3]

The NSA played a key role in establishing the National Stuttering Awareness Week in 1988.^{[citation needed]}

Annual conference

The NSA hosts a conference in the summer every year in the first week of July in cities throughout the United States.^[4] The 2016 conference was a joint conference with the International Stuttering Association. The conference began with a two-day research symposium with presentations and workshops by experts in the field, which is then followed by a four-day general conference which features workshops led by the experts and by volunteers, as well as a keynote.

Hall of Fame

The NSA Hall of Fame

• 1996: John Ahlbach, NSA Executive Director 1981–1995^[5]
• 1998: Michael Sugarman^[5]
• 2000: John Paul Larkin (Scatman John)^[5]
• 2001: Vivian Sheehan^[5]
• 2002: Eugene Cooper^[6][5]
• 2003: Lee Reeves NSA Chairman of the Board of Directors 1997–2003^[5][7]
• 2004: Annie Glenn
• 2005: Marty Jezer^[8][9]
• 2007: Annie Bradberry, NSA Executive Director 1997–2003^[5]
• 2009: Judith Kuster

Other inductees include: Fred Murray, Mel Hoffman, Rich Wells, Herb Goldberg, Dorvan Breitenfeldt, John C. Harrison, Russ Hicks, Nina Reeves, and Jim McClure