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March

Further boost for North of England stammering centre The Schools Secretary Ed Balls has announced a further £500,000 to help fund a new centre for children who stammer in West Yorkshire.

Have Your Say on the BSA BSA's new Development Committee, nicknamed The Stammering Dragons' Den, is seeking input from members.

February

Stammering genes Dr Dennis Drayna and his team have identified three genes which are mutated in a proportion of people who stammer.

TV: 'The Stuttering School' Documentary about the McGuire Programme on Channel 4. Broadcast Friday 19th Feb, but you can still watch it online.

TV: 'Newsround' Item about stammering on BBC1's Newsround, including short interviews with a 10-year girl who stammers and with Gareth Gates. You can still see it on the Newsround website.

Ex-prisoner is straightening things out Johnny has been in prison and had difficulties with drugs and alcohol. However, he has not only appeared on local radio to talk about his stammer but was recently awarded a Certificate in honour of the work he has done for people in the cold weather.

January

Self-help groups: Opening new ones and what activities are valuable for members There is currently a wide ranging discussion in various countries about self-help groups, e.g. usefulness, how to start them, activities to carry out, etc. Keith Boss invites people to join in discussion on the stutteringselfhelp Yahoo group.

News about TISA (The Indian Stammering Association) Keith Boss is touring India to meet self-help groups. There is a list of dates - get in touch if you know anyone interested.

Ed Balls talks about his stammer In an interview with the Telegraph newspaper, Ed Balls MP has spoken for the first time in detail about having to deal with an interiorised stammer.

December 2009

BSA is now on Facebook, Bebo, Twitter and MySpace We will be updating these regularly with news, events, comments, links to articles and blogs. Also we want to encourage dialogue - please feel free to contribute and have your say.

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Notices

Would you like to talk to other women who have a stammer? Proposed group where women can phone each other, whether to practise speech therapy techniques, gain confidence on the phone, share experiences or just chat and make new friends in all parts of the UK.

VoiceAmp for sale VoiceAmp Classic VA601i device for sale.

Help create an iPhone game Opportunity for young people age 13-19 who can travel to Swindon. The idea is to create an iPhone / iPod Touch game about stammering.

Research notices - volunteers wanted

Wanted: volunteer to be filmed in Glasgow for research Sona Balisova from Glasgow University would like someone to be filmed for use in a research project about the effect of self-disclosure on listener's reactions and perceptions.

Are you aged 18-25 with a stammer? Emily Harris at Kingston University would like to interview young adults who stammer via MSN messenger, for a research project.

People who have recovered from stammering without therapy University of Frankfurt would like to contact such people who have recovered but stammered beyond age 11, to fill in a short questionnaire.

Participants wanted for research into social anxiety and stammering People who stammer aged 18+ are invited to take part in this research project, being undertaken at University of Sheffield. It involves completing and returning a questionnaire.

Research in Birmingham Researchers at the University of Birmingham are continuing their investigation into the possible source of stammering. Participants are needed for a simple reading study which involves the recording of eye movements.

Online survey - Stuttering therapy and support groups: What works best? Vanessa Castillo at Eastern New Mexico University would like to invite people who stutter/stammer to complete her online questionnaire: Stuttering therapy and support groups: What works best? Perceptions of Stutterers.

Are you a single man with a stammer? Paul O'Sullivan is carrying out research at City University London to explore the impact of stammering on intimate relationships. He is interested in interviewing single 18 to 30 year old men who stammer.

Research with pre-school children, East of England Do you have a pre-school child who has started stammering? UCS needs families from the East of England to volunteer for a project on early childhood stammering.

New sibling or other event when your stammering started? Patricia Sims, an SLT, is asking people to complete a short web form to help test the hypothesis that those who stammer are likely to have had some change in the home at the time of onset of stammering (the early repetitions).