Internet discussion forums

Social networking | Skype | Group video conferencing | Group mailing lists | Blogs/podcasts | Discussion boards

Social networking

BSA on Facebook (link to facebook.com): with over 2000 fans, our Facebook page generates a lot of discussion of stammering issues. It's also a great way to follow BSA, with news, events, comments, links to articles and blogs. More about BSA on Facebook and Twitter. (For other Facebook groups, search for 'stuttering' or 'stammering'.)

(Non-BSA) Facebook group for Parents of Children who Stammer (link to facebook.com). There is also a lot of discussion by parents on BSA's Facebook group (link to facebook.com).

Women who stutter: Our stories (link to facebook.com) - run by Pamela Mertz who does the blog Make Room for The Stuttering (link to wordpress.com).

Skype partners

Practising with Skype - article from our Winter 2009 Speaking Out, about using Skype as a way to practise speaking and techniques, and finding contacts do do so.

Group video conference calls

stuttersocial.com - connects people who stammer through Google+ Hangouts. You can see and talk to up to 10 people at a time. You need a Google+ account. Times given are Pacific Standard Time, which is 8 hours behind GMT.

Safety: Young people should not give out personal information in chat rooms, mailing lists etc. More at chatdanger.com.

Group mailing lists

Emails go to everyone on the list. You can often view the emails online if you prefer, or set your email software to display them like a newsgroup.

Stuttering Chat (link to yahoo.com) - see article - is a large and well established community with over 4000 members from around the world. Very active mailing list.

Other general English language lists include Stutt-L (link to google.com), and STUTT-X (link to asu.edu). Follow the links, or for more on those and other lists see the Discussion Forums section of the Stuttering Homepage. Lists for more specific categories of people or topics are:

Covert-S (link to yahoo.com) - for covert people who stammer, i.e. people who hide their stammering to come across as a fluent person. The group also welcomes SLTs who would care to learn more about covert/interiorised stammering.

Neuro-Semantics of Stuttering (link to yahoo.com) - a very active group focussing on Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) tools to help overcome stammering.

IndianPWS (link to yahoo.com) - bringing together Indian people who stutter from around the world.

Passing Twice (passingtwice.com) is a support network specifically for gay and lesbian people who stutter. See also our article on it.

Parents-W (link to yahoo.com) is a list for parents of children and teens who stammer, and SLTs involved in treating kids who stammer.

Women living with stuttering (link to yahoo.com) - international community providing support for women living with stuttering. "Females who stutter deal with a unique set of issues often overlooked or not addressed by the stuttering community... This group has been created to provide a safe and secure atmosphere where females can communicate about core life decisions and issues about home, work, family and relationships by sharing and seeking advice from other women."

Speaking from the heart (link to yahoo.com) - Scottish stammering Yahoo group started by two BSA Scotland members

DAF_FAF (link to yahoo.com) - on use of delayed auditory feedback and frequency altered feedback, including software. (Electronic fluency devices...)

Stutteringselfhelp (link to yahoo.com) - started in 2006 for people wanting to start or join a local self-help group, and those already in a self-help group.

Cluttering (link to yahoo.com) - a fluency disorder sometimes confused with stammering.

Blogs/podcasts

See Talking blogs - Speaking Out article, Summer 2010.

Discussion boards

(See also under Social Networking above)

stutteringcommunity.com - a 'support forum and community for people who stutter'. Started 2009. Includes a section for Skype sessions.

stutteringforum.com - "together we can help each other"

Safety: Young people should not give out personal information in chat rooms, mailing lists etc. More at chatdanger.com.

Irish discussion forum (link to www.boards.ie).