International Stuttering Association | |
Abbreviation: | ISA[1] |
Formation: | 1995 |
Type: | Nonprofit support group |
Headquarters: | New Ulm, Minnesota, United States[2] |
Region Served: | International |
Membership: | National and international self-help stuttering organizations |
Language: | English |
Leader Title: | Chair |
Leader Name: | Anja Herde |
Main Organ: | One Voice (twice a year) |
The International Stuttering Association (ISA),[1] founded in Linköping, Sweden, in July 1995,[3] 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.[3]
The first honorary lifetime members of ISA are Jane Fraser of the Stuttering Foundation of America, and Judith Kuster.[3]
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]