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The BSA employment campaign is providing employers and people who stammer with practical advice on dealing with stammering in the workplace.

BSA has two booklets on stammering and employment.These are available in hard copy and on this website. There is a booklet for people who stammer and a booklet for employers. See also our press facts and figures sheet.

The booklets give comprehensive advice to people who stammer on employment and employment rights, and help employers to understand people who stammer, by emphasising the personal and individual nature of stammering in a factual, positive way.

The booklets were researched in consultation with people who stammer, occupational psychologists, employers, communication trainers and speech and language therapists.

The key campaign objective is to get stammering onto the agenda of human resources staff and trainers. BSA will be setting up key contacts with the Employment Service, unions, careers advisors and disability trainers. We have been working with The Employers Forum on Disability to produce a briefing guide (no. 14) which is now available from them - see the EFD website to order it.

The booklets were launched on International Stuttering Awareness Day 2001, 22nd October, at the Barber-Surgeons' Hall in the City of London. The principal guest speaker was Bert Massie, Chairman of the Disability Rights Commission.

Contact: Andrew Harding - ah@stammering.org

There is more on the launch and campaign in these articles from our magazine Speaking Out:

Campaign launch puts stammering in government spotlight Lead article on our Employment launch in October 2001 with Bert Massie, Chairman of the Disability Rights Commission, as guest speaker.

Stammering makes for better teamwork and communication John Readman, the head of Brent Library Service, talks about how employing a person who stammers benefits the whole organisation.

Local transport charity a driving force for people who stammer Dai Powell - from hiding his stammer at school to becoming director of Hackney Community Transport.

Employment and stammering - the work begins The message of our Employment Campaign and what we are doing.

International Stuttering Awareness Day: Online Conference

Andrew contributed a paper to the 2001 ISAD Online Conference: Employment and stammering - the work begins The conference includes questions and comments on the paper with replies from Andrew.

For more on stammering and employment, see our Employment Index Page.

Last updated: January 2002