Regions: Scotland

1 August 2024 10:44

COFFEE SHOPS URGED TO CHANGE THEIR PRACTICES AS CUSTOMERS WHO STAMMER EXPOSE DISCRIMINATION AND HUMILIATION

New research from STAMMA, UK’s leading stammering charity, reveals how ordering in coffee shops can be a hostile and undignified experience for people who stammer. The report uncovers the pervasive humiliation faced by some people who stammer as they are mimicked, rushed and ignored when attempting to place an order in coffee shops.

18 October 2022 09:19

Media Briefing for International Stammering Awareness Day, 22nd October

A briefing for anyone wanting to cover International Stammering Awareness Day, 22nd October. STAMMA are handing in a petition of 25,000 signatures to the BBC and ITV that day calling for representation in the media.

8 February 2021 11:51

Jonty Claypole New Patron at STAMMA

Following publication of his book, 'Words Fail Us; In Defence of Disfluency', Jonty Claypole, outgoing Director of BBC Arts, has joined Scroobius Pip, Margaret Drabble, Kelly Brown, David Mitchell and others as Patron of the British Stammering Association.