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What is the ISA
ISA - International Stuttering Association is a worldwide network of people who stutter, a non-profit umbrella association dedicated to close cooperation among independent national and international self-help organizations of people who stutter. ISA was founded in 1995.
A good introduction to ISA, its history, activities and more may be found on Article about ISA written by Jaan Pill. This article was published on the ISAD online conference on October 1 to 22, 2001 organized by Judy Kuster on the Stuttering Home Page
Member Associations page presents a list of current ISA member associations.
Please refer to Application page for instruction of how to apply for ISA membership on behalf of your association.
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Five reasons for founding the ISA in 1995 *
- The strong need for an international association for countries both in and outside of Europe. ELSA, founded in 1990, is a good model.
- The chance for people who stutter to speak with ONE voice internationally.
- Therapies, therapists and much more were often criticized in many national associations.
- A precedent was set by the International Blind Union (established in 1929) and the International League of the Deaf for people with disabilities to be represented by international organizations. Why should people who stutter not speak with one voice?
- Think globally, act locally. The World Congresses every 3 years are a good forum to create policies and international projects on stuttering.
* From Thomas Krall Keynote speech given in the 3rd IFA
congress in Nighborg, Denmark, August 2000
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History of ISA *
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The history of the ISA is the history of stuttering self-help, the World Congresses for People Who Stutter and ELSA, the European League of Stuttering Associations.
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| 2004 |
Perth, Australia
2004 World Congress for People Who Stutter
Fluency and Beyond: A Holistic Look at Stuttering
Hosted by the Australian Speak Easy Association
Peter Dhu, Congress Convenor
February 15-20, 2004
Over 350 delegates attended the 2004 World Congress at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle, Western Australia.
For more information
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| 2001 |
Ghent, Belgium
6th World Congress for People Who Stutter
Hosted by the Belgian Selfhelp Stuttering Association, vzw BEST, in collaboration with the Department of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, Ghent University Hospital.
10 invited speakers from Canada, USA, China and Germany.
Election of the next host country : Australia.
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| 1998 |
Johannesburg, South Africa
5th World Congress for People Who Stutter
First World Congress on stuttering in a developing country.
A Delegate from the World Health Organization took part for two days.
ISA decided vision: A world that understands stuttering.
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| 1995 |
Linkoping, Sweden
4th World Congress for People Who Stutter
The International Stuttering Association was founded on July 25.
Three years of intensive preparation and discussion led to this historical step.
Twenty-five national associations voted YES.
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| 1992 |
San Francisco, USA
3rd World Congress for People Who Stutter
The most important question:
Do we need an international organization?
A meeting of delegates of national organizations decided to answer this question over the next 3 years.
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| 1990 |
Darmstadt, Germany
The European League of Stuttering Association was founded.
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| 1989 |
Cologne, Germany
2nd World Congress for People Who Stutter
Delegates of European associations prepared the founding of the European League of
Stuttering Associations (ELSA) for 1990.
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| 1987 |
St. Andreasberg, Germany
First international meeting on the European level.
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| 1986 |
Kyoto, Japan
1st World Congress for People Who Stutter
The beginning of global cooperation. Shinji Ito, chair of the Japanese organization
suggested founding an international organization.
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| 1970 |
Some time around 1970: Several self-help groups and national associations were founded.
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