European League of Stuttering Associations
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The European League of Stuttering Associations (ELSA) was set up in 1990 by organisations in 12 countries to promote a greater knowledge and understanding of stuttering and to bring together, as a top umbrella organisation, the national stuttering self-help organisations of Europe.
| Formation | 1990 |
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ELSA stopped being an umbrella organisation in 2016.
Purposes
Its main roles are:
- to link together and further the co-operation of Europe's national organisations.
- to provide a forum for exchange of concepts and experiences in stuttering therapy and self-help.
- to help represent the interests of stutterers to European and international bodies.
- to put stuttering onto the European agenda to ensure that the needs and challenges faced by people who stutter are considered in a European context.
Governance
Publications
The Association publishes a newsletter, One Voice,[4] which is published twice a year and is a joint project with the International Stuttering Association.[5]
International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD)
Together with the International Fluency Association and the International Stuttering Association,[6] the International Stuttering Association celebrates, every 22 October, International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) which includes an online conference on stuttering[7] and a media campaign.[8]
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