The International Cluttering Association (ICA) has honoured Peter Kissagizlis with a lifetime achievement award for services to the promotion of awareness of cluttering.

Peter Kissagizlis being presented with a lifetime achievement award by Dr David Ward, on behalf of the International Cluttering Association. "It is thanks in large part to Peter's openness about his cluttering with researchers and professionals that we understand as much about cluttering as we do today."

Peter was presented with the award on 20th March 2009, at a surprise ceremony at his home in Humberston, North East Lincolnshire.

Like many individuals who grow up with this multifaceted fluency disorder, Peter found help with his cluttering hard to come by. Frustrated by this, and by the obstacles that his speech presented to his career progression, he set out to educate the public and speech/language professionals alike to the sometimes devastating effects that this disorder can have, and to ensure that others would have access to the help and opportunities that he did not.

Peter spearheaded the development of a Video and DVD with his local support group that was one of the first to give an inside perspective of what a person with cluttering is going through. He has written numerous articles, listserv postings, and press releases that have shared important insights about his experiences of cluttering. It is thanks in large part to Peter's openness about his cluttering with researchers and professionals that we understand as much about cluttering as we do today. In this way, Peter's efforts have broken the ground for a productive line of research into cluttering.

It is a mark of the man that despite being seriously ill with cancer, Peter's greatest concern has been not for himself but for work to continue on increasing the public's awareness of cluttering.

It is a priority for the ICA to build on the work that Peter has done to ensure that this indeed happens.

Dr David Ward, on behalf of ICA

More on cluttering:
International Cluttering Association: http://associations.missouristate.edu/ICA/, where you can also hear Peter Kissagizlis speak about his experiences with cluttering.
BSA's 'Cluttering' page - including an article by Peter.

Tributes to Peter Kissagizlis, who died in November 2009.

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