SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Charitable organisation

SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 401 723 461

Address: 550 Swanston Street 3053 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: https://www.SAYAUSTRALIA.org.au

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25.01.2022 Thank you so much to the TheInformer for inviting our President Rich Stephens onto their program to help raise awareness of stuttering and to share more about SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young - Australia. TheInformer is Australias newest online news broadcaster. It is hosted by Australian television legend George Donikian and boasts some of Australias best journalists. TheInformer conducts interviews, analysis and speaks to Australia and the worlds most recognisable and not so recognisable names. It examines the issues that matter most.

25.01.2022 @sayaustralia.org.au congratulates @joebiden on becoming America’s 46th President! Joe Biden is a person who stutters and has been an advocate and supporter of SAY: The Stuttering Association For The Young @sayorg for many, many years. This is a great reminder to us all that our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them! EVERY VOICE MATTERS!... #sayaustralia #sayorg #sayorgdc #stutteringawareness #everyvoicematters #joebiden #stuttering

24.01.2022 Staff/Volunteer Welcome Intro for our 1st Birthday Zoom Party

24.01.2022 Check out, and register for online, Australian Speak Easy Association's 2020 online Conference, October 23rd-25th! Our President Richard Stephens will be presenting on Sunday 25th about our FREE creative arts program CONFIDENT VOICES! Plus, a host of truly awesome speakers from all over the world! This is not to be missed! And it all kicks off with a screening of John Gomez's multi-award-winning and beautiful documentary When I Stutter! If you haven't seen it yet, what are you waiting for!

24.01.2022 Hello everybody! From everyone at SAY: Australia, we are sending all of our love and well wishes in the hope that you are all staying safe and well! In 3 weeks time, starting on Saturday October 10th 2020, we will be commencing our FREE and online spring programming with the 'MY SHARE PROJECT!' Enrolment is now open to young people who stutter across Australia, and registration is required......so, sign up your child who stutters today at https://www.sayaustralia.org.au/enrol...ment-cva/ Enrolment is also open for our 2021 season too! SAY: Australia launched in July 2019, and since then we have been working with young people who stutter aged 7-18 years (and their families). We use the creative arts to help unlock expression, confidence, social and functional communication skills, and personal growth - all within a community of acceptance, support, deep-listening, and love! Our community provides participants with the knowledge that their voice truly matters and deserves to be heard, enabling them to become much stronger and capable than they ever imagined they could be. Call: 0401723461 Email: [email protected] EVERY VOICE MATTERS!

24.01.2022 Following on from our amazing My Beautiful Stutter Australian Premiere on ISAD 2019, SAY: Australia is proud to showcase on Thursday 28th November 2019 another FREE Australian Premiere in Melbourne of the multi award-winning When I Stutter, directed by the awesome John Gomez Over the course of 4.5 years, 19 people shared stories about how stuttering has impacted their lives. These stories run the gamut of human emotion. Some are dark, some are funny and others are triumph...ant! Additionally, there are 'educational vignettes' interspersed throughout the documentary that help illuminate some of the mysteries and questions that surround stuttering. For details of the event and to book your seat go to https://whatson.melbourne.vic.gov.au//d1e918ff-cef9-4882-b #WhenIstutter #sayaustralia #everyvoicematters

23.01.2022 My Beautiful Stutter......WOW!

22.01.2022 Our President Rich Stephens had another awesome opportunity to speak on the StutterTalk Podcast with Chaya Goldstein last week! Check out the link below! StutterTalk is a weekly, free, 501 (c)(3) non-profit podcast dedicated to supporting people who stutter, their families, professionals, students, and the general public by talking openly about stuttering and by providing information about stuttering. The StutterTalk Podcast began recording and publishing audio podcasts in 20...07 and have since published more than 300 episodes featuring people who stutter, researchers, speech-language pathologists, family members of people who stutter and many more. https://stuttertalk.com/stuttering-association-for-the-yo/ #sayaustralia #stuttertalk #stuttering #stutteringawareness #changingthenarrative #everyvoicematters

22.01.2022 Telstra Tower, Canberra

21.01.2022 DAY 3 OF TRUSTED RESOURCES SPOTLIGHT: DEAR WORLD, I STUTTER: A Series Of Open Letters From A Person who Stutters James Hayden... For most of his life, James has stuttered. As a means of processing his story and accepting his stutter, James decided to write a series of open letters to those who have been or will be on his journey with stuttering. These letters provided an honest and vulnerable look into the heart and mind of a person that stutters. James Hayden was born, raised, and currently lives in the New Orleans area. James is a New Orleans Saints fan, Survivor superfan, writer, and a person who stutters. James is the author of Dear World, I Stutter: A Series of Open Letters from a Person Who Stutters. His work has been published by The Mighty, The Stuttering Foundation, Yahoo, and MSN. James has also appeared on several podcasts and was a speaker at TEDxOchsner 2019 (https://www.stutteringhelp.org/blog/tedx-experience). James also serves as the chapter leader for the New Orleans chapter for the National Stuttering Association. Check out James's Blog Life & Stuttering: An Honest Look at Stuttering Through the Eyes of a Person Who Stutters at https://stutteredblog.wordpress.com You Can Purchase 'Dear World, I Stutter' at https://www.amazon.com//197/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-p13n1_0

21.01.2022 We dream that one day soon, LOVE will win out against all hatred, prejudice, sexism, ageism, homophobia, and racism in our world! Black Lives Matter

20.01.2022 DAY 2 OF TRUSTED RESOURCES SPOTLIGHT: VOICE UNEARTHED: Hope, Help and a Wake-Up Call for the Parents of Children Who Stutter Dori Holte... The primary message young children get in stuttering therapy is that they can and should manage their speech - in other words, try to not stutter - by utilizing speech tools and techniques. Doreen Lenz Holte explores the possibilty that the anxiety this causes may create an even greater burden? And if so, can that burden lead to excessive silence and disengagement - a far greater handicap than the stuttering itself? Through personal narrative and extensive research, Voice Unearthed attempts to answer these questions. Practical guidance that aims to help keep children talking while minimizing everyone’s anxiety around communicating is shared with a reminder to first do no harm." Doreen (Dori) Lenz Holte wrote Voice Unearthed: Hope, Help, and a Wake-Up Call for the Parents of Children Who Stutter as the book she wishes she could have read when their family was starting out on this journey with their three-year-old son, Eli, in 1999. Since the book was published in 2011, and especially after beginning the Facebook group Voice Unearthed - Supporting Children Who Stutter in 2014, Dori has become an international advocate for parents and speech therapists looking for safer ways to treat children. Her focus is on keeping them talking and engaged in the world around them not fixing their speech. Dori shares her experiences and research with groups of speech language therapists and students of communication disorders, both in person and via Skype. Visit Dori's website at http://voiceunearthed.com And you can buy the book at https://www.amazon.com/Voice-Unearthed-Wake-Up-Parents-C// #voiceunearthed #stutteringawareness #doriholte #everyvoicematters

20.01.2022 DAY 4 OF TRUSTED RESOURCES SPOTLIGHT: STAMMERING PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: Difference not Defect Patrick Campbell, Christopher Constantino, & Sam Simpson... "The essays, accounts, research, prose, testimonies, art and poetry in this multidisciplinary anthology will nourish and inform readers who stammer, and readers who don’t, for many years to come. Whether a stammer is a pathology, a quirk to be celebrated, a curse or a blessing, or all these things, Stammering Pride and Prejudice is a gift." David Mitchell, Award-winning author and person who stammers, provide the book's foreword. Stammering is typically stigmatised as a character flaw and personal tragedy. We challenge the stereotype that stammering is inherently negative. Instead, we position stammering as a different, valuable and respected way of speaking. Stammering Pride and Prejudice brings together new, empowering voices and opinions on stammering into one accessible text. Combining personal narrative, art and disability theory, we document how society has historically disabled people who stammer and the diverse ways in which people have created novel and exciting understandings of their speech. 'Stammering Pride and Prejudice: Difference not Defect': - is the first published book exploring stammering from a social model perspective written for people who stammer and the general public, as well as professionals - represents diverse perspectives on stammering and highlights the attitudinal, environmental and structural barriers in society experienced by people who stammer - chronicles newly-developed and undocumented narratives around stammering - suggests ways of celebrating and taking pride in stammering so that it is no longer seen as the negative opposite of fluency. Editors Patrick Campbell, Christopher Constantino and Sam Simpson say, "Stammering is typically stigmatised as a character flaw. We challenge the stereotype that stammering is inherently negative, instead positioning it as a different, valuable and respected way of speaking." Learn about the origins of the book by visiting https://stamma.org/y/origins-stammering-pride-and-prejudice You can buy the book at https://www.amazon.com.au/Stammering-Pride-Prejudice-Dif// #stammeringprideandprejudice #changingthenarrative #stutteringawareness #everyvoicematters

19.01.2022 ****IMPORTANT 2020 PROGRAMMING UPDATE**** ALL REMAINING 2020 PROGRAMS WILL BE ONLINE, FREE, & OPEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO STUTTER ACROSS AUSTRALIA AGED 8-18yrs! WE CAN'T STOP AND WON'T STOP SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES!... MY SHARE PROJECT October sees the return, of the 'MY SHARE PROJECT' _ a 10-week creative arts program, Saturdays 12pm-2:30pm. Young people who stutter get the opportunity to create their very own and unique SHARE (i.e., a poem, song, short play, dance, drawing, etc.) whilst meeting and spending time with other young people who stutter. Our talented staff help our young people bring their ideas to life in an environment of acceptance, understanding, deep-listening, and love. A platform is provided for our young people to share their thoughts and feelings however they choose, knowing that they have as much time to say the words they want to say, and that their voice deserves to be heard. The Project culminates with the opportunity for our young people to share and celebrate their artistic creations during a Virtual Showcase event attended by supportive and friends! Our programs help to build confidence, social and functional communication skills, and help form long-lasting friendships. ENROLMENT IS NOW OPEN AT https://www.sayaustralia.org.au/enrolment-cva/ Please email me at [email protected] if you have any questions about our online programming. Much love, Rich (President & Programming Director, SAY: Australia)

19.01.2022 Tune in on Thursday at 9pm AEST for a great chat between Rich and Uri Schneider from Schneider Speech......details below!

18.01.2022 A huge THANK YOU to the Genetics of Stuttering Study team for sharing our President Richs story and for the wonderful and important research they are doing

18.01.2022 For any Australians and Americans interested in helping our Research Friends at the Spartan Stuttering Laboratory at Michigan State University understand more about stuttering...... Research suggests that people from different societies and cultures hold different views about stuttering, but we do not know how these differing opinions might affect the self-perceptions of people who stutter. Researchers from the Spartan Stuttering Laboratory at Michigan State University are se...eking to answer this question by studying differences in both societal and individual opinions about stuttering and people who stutter. Participants will complete an Internet-based survey on Qualtrics that requires about 20 minutes of time. The survey includes two common measures of peoples experiences of stuttering: The Self-Stigma of Stuttering Scale (4S; Boyle, 2013) and the Overall Assessment of the Speakers Experience of Stuttering (OASES). In a separate part of this study, the Research Team will also be collecting data from people who do not stutter about societal views about stuttering using the Public Opinions Survey about Human Attitudes (POSHA; St. Louis et al., 2009). The Research Team is Angelica Wozniak, BS Graduate Student, Michigan State University, and J Scott Yaruss, PhD Professor, Michigan State University. Please email Prof. J. Scott Yaruss at [email protected] if you have any questions. To learn more about the study and to participate if you choose to do so, please follow this link: https://msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0qERuoyhIXHihql You can also learn more about their research at this link: https://stutteringlab.msu.edu. The Research Team have several ongoing survey studies about peoples experiences and perceptions regarding their own stuttering, and would be grateful for your participation. Thank you for wanting to help the world learn more about stuttering.

18.01.2022 WOW! What a truly wonderful and inspiring evening/morning with the global SAY family! From start to finish, @sayorg Virtual Fundraising Benefit #sayunderonemoon was filled with epic shares that will stay long in the memory, none more so than those from our awesomely talented, bold and brave young people who stutter! Thank you to all who watched and donated!... Much love x

17.01.2022 Our FREE VIRTUAL MY SHARE PROJECT 2020 is in full swing! Over the course of 10 weeks every Saturday from October to December 2020, young people who stutter across Australia are working in small groups over the ZOOMESPHERE to create unique and original creative arts shares - such as short plays, poems, songs, etc! And in week 10 they will get the opportunity to share their amazing creative arts pieces during a Virtual Showcase in front of family, friends, and special guests! T...oday we reached the week 7/10 mark and all we can say is WOW! Our young peoples shares are looking truly spectacular, and all done in an environment of acceptance, love, deep listening, support, and FUN! 3 weeks until the Showcase ...we can’t wait! Huge thanks to @socfstories, @officeworks, #gandelphilanthropy #perpetualphilanthropy for your support and for believing in our mission - to make sure that every young person who stutters knows they are not alone, that they are awesome exactly how they are, that their voice matters and deserves to be heard! If you want to find out more about our FREE CONFIDENT VOICES creative arts programs, email our President Rich at [email protected] or visit our website https://www.sayaustralia.org.au EVERY VOICE MATTERS! #everyvoicematters #stuttering #sayaustralia #confidentvoices

17.01.2022 Cody Packer - followers, please see this collaborative pice between Cody and Anti-Bullying Pro

17.01.2022 Hello everybody! From everyone at SAY: Australia, we continue to send all of our love and well wishes in the hope that you are all remaining safe and well! In 9 DAYS time, starting weekly on Saturdays from October 10th to December 12th 2020, our FREE and online spring programming commences with the 'MY SHARE PROJECT!' Enrolment is now open to young people who stutter across Australia, and registration is required......so, sign up your child who stutters TODAY at https://www.s...ayaustralia.org.au/enrolment-cva/ Enrolment is also open for our 2021 season too! SAY: Australia launched in July 2019, and since then we have been working with young people who stutter aged 7-18 years (and their families). We use the creative arts to help unlock expression, confidence, social and functional communication skills, and personal growth - all within a community of acceptance, support, deep-listening, and love! Our community provides participants with the knowledge that their voice truly matters and deserves to be heard, enabling them to become much stronger and capable than they ever imagined they could be. To find out more about the work we do and our FREE programs, you can contact us by: Call: 0401723461 Email: [email protected] EVERY VOICE MATTERS!

17.01.2022 If you missed 'Under One Moon: A LIVE Virtual Benefit for SAY' in America, please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKRTN5Uxx4c where you can watch the full show, hear from our truly inspiring founder of SAY, Taro Alexander, a host of our wonderful young people who stutter and their amazing shares, songs, poems, SAY celebrity supporters, SAY: Australia President Rich Stephens (4 hours 34 minute mark), and a truly brave and bold SAY: Australian Participant Mitchell (4 hours 43 minute mark). The SAY family and love is GLOBAL! Young people who stutter, adults who stutter, and their families......you are not alone! Your voice truly matters and deserves to be heard!

17.01.2022 "I felt so isolated in this world of fluency. I was the odd one out." -Richard Stephens Visit our blog schneiderspeech.com/our blog to watch an amazing convers...ation between Richard Stephens and Uri Schneider SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young - Australia Taro Alexander Cody Packer Voon Pang Stuttering Foundation

16.01.2022 Join SAY: The Stuttering Association For The Young AUSTRALIA in Celebrating International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) 22nd October 2020 by sharing, donating, spreading awareness, and being supportive and great listeners to all people who stutter! On Thursday 22nd October 2020 International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) will be celebrated across the world. Designated in 1998 by several International Stuttering Associations, ISAD is a special worldwide commitment to: - Ch...Continue reading

16.01.2022 So proud to be part of this incredible organisation so many amazing young people who stutter are now part of the SAY: Australia family! Happy International Stuttering Awareness Day everyone! Every Voice Matters!

15.01.2022 This is Kate Detrick from SAY NYC, a truly amazing person who stutters. Check out the video to hear Kate recite Erin Schick’s poem ‘Honest Speech’

15.01.2022 Hello everybody! We are sending all of our love and well wishes in the hope that you are all staying safe and well! On Saturday October 10th 2020 we will be commencing our FREE and online spring programming with the 'MY SHARE PROJECT' Enrolment is now open to young people who stutter across Australia, and registration is required......so, sign up your child who stutters today at https://www.sayaustralia.org.au/enrolment-cva/ Enrolment is also open for our 2021 season too!... SAY: Australia launched in July 2019, and since then we have been working with young people who stutter aged 7-18 years (and their families). We use the creative arts to help unlock expression, confidence, social and functional communication skills, and personal growth - all within a community of acceptance, support, deep-listening, and love! Our community provides participants with the knowledge that their voice truly matters and deserves to be heard, enabling them to become much stronger and capable than they ever imagined they could be. Call: 0401723461 Email: [email protected] EVERY VOICE MATTERS!

15.01.2022 We can not wait for Camp SAY Morning Song at MIDNIGHT AEST tonight at @sayorg with the amazingly talented and truly awesome SAY family member Everett Bradley @everettbradley We miss you Everett! Thank you for a wonderful time last year visiting Melbourne and hanging with our President Rich @ricflair139 and Vice President Elaina @elainak__ and Chewie in utero, and getting us backstage for Jon Bon Jovi @jonbonjovi @ Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

15.01.2022 Hear our young people who stutter say what they want you to know about stuttering @ https://youtu.be/nLwXwLGgPOw

14.01.2022 SAY: Australia offers all of its creative arts programming completely free of charge for young people and their families! A donation supports SAY: Australia to sustain and grow our awesome community where young people who stutter are free to express themselves and know that its ok to stutter! Please take a moment right now and go to www.sayaustralia.org.au/donation/ to DONATE TODAY to help change a childs life forever!... EVERY VOICE MATTERS! #sayaustralia #everyvoicematters #stutter #stutteringawareness #stuttering #confidentvoices #mybeautifulstutter #donatetoday

13.01.2022 SAY: Australia is thrilled to announce that Enrolment is now OPEN & FREE for our first CONFIDENT VOICES: Australia 2020 creative arts program, The Art Exhibition Project. During this 8-week art program, young people who stutter aged 8-18 years create original pieces of art, individually and collectively, using many formats (e.g., sculpture, painting, etc.,) that explore themes about stuttering and beyond. The culmination of the project provides our young people with the oppor...tunity to not only display and celebrate their art work in a display gallery attended by family, friends, and the wider community, but also the opportunity to take part in a Q&A discussion with the audience to share their creative processes. Email [email protected] to find out more! #confidentvoices #sayaustralia #everyvoicematters #stutter #stutteringawareness #gallery #community #project #art

13.01.2022 To all our followers and supporters, join us today to celebrate our 1st Birthday ! YES! A year ago today we officially launched in Melbourne! And what a first 12 months its been! In the first 6 months we rolled out our first Confident Voices: Australia free creative arts program The My Share Project with 4 brave and bold young people who stutter showcasing their truly awesome and unique creative expressive talents in front of many family and friends!... We helped to spread awareness of stuttering by lighting the countrys famous landmarks up green on ISAD 22nd October2019. We also premiered the multi-award winning and globally critically acclaimed documentary My Beautiful Stutter. The second half of our first year saw us having to postpone our in person programs due to COVID-19! Best rest assured, SAY: Australia does not, and has not stopped! Weve continued to remain connected with our community via Zoom, and are deep into the planning stage of adapting our free creative programs to an online platform. Every month our community of young people, their families, and volunteers has continued to grow and we continue to welcome all! The rest of 2020 continues to remain uncertain, but SAY: Australia will continue to provide a safe, loving, deep-listening, and accepting space for all young people who stutter and their supporters. Thank you with all my heart to all of my family and friends, and our supporters near and far, all over the world, especially the global @sayorg community and our founder Taro for being my guide throughout this endeavour. To our young people and their families for having the courage and belief to take that first step into our community! To all of our hardworking and empathic staff for giving up their free time to support our young people, I literarily could not have done this without you! And finally to my partner in work, life, and love Elaina, and my beautiful baby boy Harrison......For continuing to provide me with the strength, courage, love, and belief to create and follow my dreams for SAY: Australia @sayaustralia.org.au is here and here to stay! Were only just getting started #sayaustralia @ Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

13.01.2022 SAVE THE DATE - AUSTRALIAN DATE AND AEST, Saturday 16th May 8am

13.01.2022 Thank you ABC Melbourne for this wonderful opportunity for Rich and Mitchell to share their words together on your program and for bringing the spotlight on stuttering! You can listen to the program at https://www.abc.net.au//the/the-conversation-hour/12850234 #teamritchell #stuttering #abcmelbourne #stutteringawareness #EveryVoiceMatters

13.01.2022 Happy International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) 22nd October 2020! Join the global stuttering community in celebrating ISAD 2020 by showing compassion, support, and love to all the 70 million people across the world who stutter! Our amazing, brave, and bold SAY: Australia young people who stutter have shared their voice with you and want you to know a few important things about stuttering - check out the video below!...Continue reading

13.01.2022 SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young is more than just an organisation......it's a family and a truly accepting and loving 'home' for so many young people who stutter, their families, and adults like myself who stutter. As a member of the SAY family since 2015, and now President of SAY: Australia, I've witnessed first hand the support, advocacy, and life-changing experiences that SAY provides for young people who stutter, ages 3-18, through their comprehensive and in...novative programs that address the physical, social, and emotional impacts of stuttering. Through summer camp, regional day camps, speech therapy, and creative arts programming, SAY builds a community of acceptance, friendship, and encouragement where young people who stutter can develop the confidence and communication skills they need to thrive......and to know that their voice matters! In these trying times, we are seeing widespread suspension of many vital services. Young people who stutter are at genuine risk of suffering the same fate. More than ever, SAY is wholeheartedly dedicated to our mission and determined to keep this essential community HERE and available for EVERY child who stutters. On Friday 15th May 2020 at 6pm EST-US (Friday 15th May 2020 at 11pm UK TIME; Saturday 16th May 2020 8am Australian Eastern Standard Time) SAY is holding it's first ever LIVE Virtual Benefit. Please Donate and join us on a wonderful night of performances by Celebrity SAY supporters and our amazingly talented SAY young people. ALL DONATIONS MADE ARE FOR SAY-US! EVERY VOICE MATTERS! Richard Stephens (SAY: Australia President & Camp SAY Associate Director).

13.01.2022 Looking forward to "Conversation" with Richard Stephens. Richard Stephens's fusion Mancunian accent hints at the sophistication of his person. (If you're won...dering what is "Mancunian"? It's the dialect spoken by people by Manchester City, England, otherwise known as "Mac" for short.) In his formative years, he grew up in England as a boy with a stutter. He went on to earn his first degree and 6-year career as a psychiatric nurse, serving the needs of people with mental health concerns in England, Ireland and New Zealand. He attributes his experiences working with the Maori (indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand) as a transformative part of his personal journey coming to peace with his stutter. In 2017, he returned to "Uni" in Manchester, earning BSc degree in Speech and Language Therapy. During this period, Rich first volunteered as a bunk counselor at Camp Say, The Stuttering Association for the Young and has been involved ever since. Rich continued his studies at the The University of Manchester, earning his MSc in Neuroimaging for Clinical & Cognitive Neuroscience. At that time, he skipped across the (Atlantic) pond, to pursue PhD studies at Vanderbilt University and Michigan State University when... opportunity struck. The opportunity to bring a new approach of support and self-expression for young people who stutter in Australia. It was an opportunity too good to pass, so Rich took it, and launched @say aSAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young - Australia in 2019. Today, Rich brings his whole self to his life and his work. In doing so, he pays forward the lessons and experiences he gathered as a kid who stutters growing up in England; as a psychiatric nurse working with the indigenous people of New Zealand; as a professional speech-language therapist and neuro-imaging neuroscientist; and as a father to his 16 month old son... He is opening doors for young people who stutter, doors that weren't there for him and too many other young people who stutter. (Oh yeah, in his private time, he follows sports - as diverse as his rich live experiences - including his boyhood club Manchester United Football Club, the Seattle Seahawks (NFL) and Toronto Blue Jays (MLB); and if you're interested, he has the ULTIMATE Star Wars Film watching-sequence guide for any newcomers to the franchise!) This will be a GREAT conversation. Join us. Let's talk.

12.01.2022 So, so excited to share a wonderful new podcast from a dear friend David Sanchez - a truly inspiring role model for people who stutter, and an awesome all-round human! Please 'LIKE' and Tune in today!!!

11.01.2022 ****Playing November 28th in Melbourne, Australia**** WHEN I STUTTER is honored to be having its Australian Premiere! Special thanks to Richard Stephens and the... Stuttering Association for the Young (SAY) for making this screening possible! Richard just started a SAY branch in Australia and they do incredible work to help young people who stutter and spread awareness about stuttering. For more information on SAY please go to https://www.say.org/ SEAT BOOKING: register your ticket allocation at [email protected]. LOCATION: Singapore Theatre (Rm B120) Glyn Davis Building, Melbourne School of Design, Masson Road, Parkville, VIC 3010 Time: 6:15pm - 8:30pm Price: FREE admission - any donations will be taken on the night. See more

11.01.2022 Ho Ho Ho! Its Christmas Eve! SAY: Australia wishes everyone, especially young people who stutter and their families, a very MERRY FESTIVE period and a HAPPY NEW YEAR! SAY: Australia offers all of its creative arts programming completely free of charge for young people who stutter and their families! A donation supports SAY: Australia to sustain and grow our awesome community where young people who stutter are free to express themselves and know that its ok to stut...ter! Please take a moment during the festive period and go to www.sayaustralia.org.au/donation/ to DONATE TODAY to help change a childs life forever! EVERY VOICE MATTERS! #sayaustralia #everyvoicematters #stutter #stutteringawareness #stuttering #confidentvoices #mybeautifulstutter #donatetoday #merrychristmas #happynewyear

11.01.2022 To our friends in the stuttering community across the globe, if you haven't done so already, please check at an important world-wide collaborative study going on right now, Genetics of Stuttering Study https://www.geneticsofstutteringstudy.org.au

11.01.2022 Lean on me, when you're not strong And I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on For it won't be long Til I'm gonna need Somebody to lean on - Bill Withers

10.01.2022 This Saturday 7th December 2019 we are proud and excited for our first ever Confident Voices: Australia program showcase - The My Share Project! For the past 8 weeks our amazingly creative and brave young people who stutter have been working with our wonderfully talented staff to create their own unique share - and this Saturday they get the chance to share their creative pieces in front of an audience of family and friends! The shares are AWESOME - its going to be a GREAT DAY!

09.01.2022 Join us tomorrow, Saturday 16th May, for @sayorg Under One Moon LIVE Virtual Benefit. Starting at 8am Australian Eastern Standard Time (6pm Eastern Standard Time NYC Friday 15th May), tune into www.saybenefit.org, Facebook/YouTube at @sayorg to see a host of SAY celebrity supporters and SAY family perform and share on an evening/morning of much celebration and love for young people who stutter

08.01.2022 Hello everybody! Much love and well wishes of health from us all at SAY : Australia! ENROLMENT is open for 5 more days before we start, on Saturday October 10th 2020, our FREE and online spring program with the 'MY SHARE PROJECT' The program is open to all young people who stutter across Australia and registration is required......so, sign up your child who stutters today at https://www.sayaustralia.org.au/enrolment-cva/... Enrolment is also open for our 2021 season too! SAY: Australia launched in July 2019, and since then we have been working with young people who stutter aged 7-18 years (and their families). We use the creative arts to help unlock expression, confidence, social and functional communication skills, and personal growth - all within a community of acceptance, support, deep-listening, and love! Our community provides participants with the knowledge that their voice truly matters and deserves to be heard, enabling them to become much stronger and capable than they ever imagined they could be. Call: 0401723461 Email: [email protected] EVERY VOICE MATTERS!

08.01.2022 May 11th marks National Stuttering Awareness Week in America. Please check out this awesome and truly insightful PSA made by the wonderful and SAY family member Cody Packer Cody, thank you for such a wonderful piece and much, much love!

08.01.2022 Our inspirational founder......truly deserved

07.01.2022 To our wonderfully amazing SAY: Australia community, These are very difficult and unprecedented times for us all. With recommendations from the World Health Organisation and Governments across the world to comply with strict social distancing measures to minimise the spread and impact of the COVID-19 virus, it is with a heavy heart that we have taken the difficult yet necessary decision to postpone all SAY: Australia in-person activities indefinitely. Our SAY: Australia commu...nitys safety, and that of the broader community, is paramount right now. Therefore, to protect the health and safety of us all, this decision was made. Our staff will be working from home and we will be guided by the governments recommendations of when to return to our Melbourne City base. SAY: Australia will continue to connect, support, and send our love to our community during these difficult times! Our young peoples voices matter always, and we will continue to provide them with a platform to have their voices heard! Rest assured, SAY: Australia is here for you always! Our final ART EXHIBTION PROJECT session and GALLERY SHOWCASE, and our premiere screening of WHEN I STUTTER, will reconvene at a later date, and we will continue to prepare and plan for our PLAYWRITING PROJECT to commence on 9th May 2020. Enrolment remains open for all of our programs, and we will provide updates about our rescheduled programming/events via our social media threads. From everyone here at SAY: Australia and the wider SAY community, stay safe and healthy. Much love, Rich Stephens President, SAY: Australia.

06.01.2022 A huge CONGRATULATIONS from the SAY: Australia family to everyone involved with 'MY BEAUTIFUL STUTTER' - the awesomeness keeps continuing!

06.01.2022 SAY: Australia is excited to share with its community and supporters a truly wonderful new documentary LEloquence du begiament - also known as The Eloquence of Stuttering. Created in partnership with the Association Parole Begaiement (the stuttering association in France), filmmaker and awesome person who stutters Melissa Bronsart @melissabronsart takes us along the journey of people who stutter as they prepare and compete in the first national speech contest for peopl...e who stutter. The contest was founded last year in Paris, France, by two awesome people who stutter - Mounah Bizro and Juliette Blondeau (Board Members of the French Stuttering Association - Association Parole Begaiement). The film is available with English subtitles and FREE until June 2nd 2020! Go to https://vimeo.com/408031979 and type in the password luckystar (without the quotes). If you want to hear more from Melissa and Mounah about the project, listen to their podcast interview with Daniele Rossi @danielerossi host of the amazing Stuttering is cool podcast at http://stutteringiscool.com/po/the-eloquence-of-stuttering/ You can find more details on the Facebook page of the film : https://www.facebook.com/eloquencedubegaiementfilm/ And more details about the Association Parole Begaiement (French Stuttering Association) on their Facebook page and website https://www.facebook.com/AssociationParoleBegaiement/ https://www.begaiement.org/ To Melissa, Mounah, Juliette, and all the contest participants, thank you for sharing your voices, your stutters, and your hearts in this amazing film of awareness for the stuttering community! Much love Every voice matters! #eloquencedubegaiement #eloquencedubegaiement #associationparolebegaiement #sayaustralia #stutteringawareness #stuttering #everyvoicematters

04.01.2022 ***REVAMPED NEWSLETTER ANNOUNCEMENT*** To our awesome followers, mid-June sees the launch of our newly revamped SAY: Australia Newsletter! If you haven't signed up already, you can do so on our main website page at www.sayaustralia.org.au ......scroll down the page and you'll find our Newsletter Subscription form.... THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO STUTTER! MUCH LOVE

03.01.2022 A huge THANK YOU to Fed Square for the opportunity to spread awareness of stuttering and @sayaustralia.org.au the heart of Melbourne for International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) 22nd October 2020! If you are in Australia and you know a child who stutters, check out our website https://www.sayaustralia.org.au... or our Facebook and Instagram social media channels @sayaustralia.org.au or email Rich our President at [email protected] or call +61 401 723 461 At @sayaustralia.org.au we believe that every young person who stutters has a story to tell, and we’re here to help that story be told and heard! Much love Fed Square #everyvoicematters #fedsquare #sayaustralia #sayorg #sayorgdc #stuttering #stutteringawareness #isad2020 #itsreallyoktostutter

02.01.2022 Earlier this year our President Rich Stephens had the chance to share his personal story and SAY: Australia with Sonia Bestulic - the founder of CHATABOUT CHILDREN. Thank you Sonia for wanting to raise awareness of stuttering, SAY: Australia, and for providing a platform for a person who stutters to share with the world the words they want to say!

01.01.2022 This is happening TODAY in just a few hours! Tune in for an awesome chat between our President Richard Stephens and Uri Schneider from Schneider Speech! - 9pm Melbourne Time - 12pm UK Time - 7am EST US Time

01.01.2022 Some brilliant updates from our good friend J Scott Yaruss!