National Stuttering Association
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| Abbreviation | NSA |
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| Predecessor | National Stuttering Project |
| Formation | January 1977 |
| 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 |
Region | United States |
| Fields | Stuttering, Speech disorders |
Executive Director | Tammy Flores |
| Website | westutter |
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
[edit]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
NSA Hall of Fame
[edit]The NSA Hall of Fame serves to recognize anyone who has made notable gains for the stuttering community.
Notable Members of the NSA Hall of Fame include:
- 1996: John Ahlbach [5]
- 1998: Michael Sugarman, co-founder[5]
- 2000: John Paul Larkin (Scatman John)[5]
- 2004: Annie Glenn