The National Stuttering Association (NSA) is a United States support group organization for people who stutter. Its headquarters are in

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.NSA webpage: "General Info""About the NSA"
/ref> The NSA was founded by Bob Goldman and Michael Sugarman as the National Stuttering Project in California in 1977. Currently the NSA functions through a network of more than 100 local adult, teen, and children's chapters nationwide. 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''. In November 2002, in the year of the NSA's 25th anniversary, the Association received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.Distinguished Service Award Nomination for the National Stuttering Association
/ref> The NSA played a key role in establishing the

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in 1988.

Annual conference

The NSA hosts a conference in the summer every year in the first week of July in cities throughout the United States. These cities included Scottsdale, AZ in 2009,

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, OH in 2010, Fort Worth, TX in 2011, and

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, FL in 2012, again in Scottsdale in 2013, and

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in 2014.NSA Webpage: "Annual Conference""
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in 2015 and

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in 2016. 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. The keynote was presented in 2011 by

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, screenwriter of ''

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'' and in 2013 by Trumaine McBride, a cornerback in the National Football League.

Hall of Fame

The NSA Hall of Fame *1996:

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, NSA Executive Director 1981–1995NSA 24th Annual Conference (2007), pp.56–57
/ref> *1998:

Michael Sugarman Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

*2000:

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(

Scatman John John Paul Larkin (March 13, 1942 – December 3, 1999), known professionally as Scatman John, was an American musician. A prolific jazz pianist and vocalist for several decades, he rose to prominence during the 1990s through his fusion of scat ...

) *2001:

Vivian Sheehan Vivian may refer to: *Vivian (name), a given name and also a surname Toponyms * Vivian, Louisiana, U.S. * Vivian, South Dakota, U.S. * Vivian, West Virginia, U.S. * Vivian Island, Nunavut, Canada * Ballantrae, Ontario, a hamlet in Stouffville, ...

*2002:

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NSA Newsletter, August/September 2002
/ref> *2003:

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NSA Chairman of the Board of Directors 1997–2003 *2004:

Annie Glenn Anna Margaret Glenn (née Castor; February 17, 1920May 19, 2020) was an American advocate for people with disabilities and communication disorders and the wife of astronaut and senator John Glenn. A stutterer from an early age, Glenn was notabl ...

*2005:

Marty Jezer Marty Jezer (November 21, 1940 – June 11, 2005) was a well-known activist and author. Born Martin Jezer and raised in the Bronx, he earned a history degree from Lafayette College. He was a co-founding member of the Working Group on Electoral ...

Marty Jezer Memoria
/ref> *2007: Annie Bradberry, NSA Executive Director 1993–2003 *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

References

External links

Official website
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Annual conference

Hall of Fame

See also

References

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