Starbucks & The Name Thing
One of Starbucks USP is asking for a name. This has come under a challenge from STAMMA, the national charity for people who stammer, who are calling for a Day of Action on 26th October.
Categories: discrimination
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STAMMA JOIN FORCES WITH STAMMERING PRIDE OVER COFFEE PROTEST
On 22nd October, International Stammering Awareness Day (ISAD), STAMMA, alongside some of the Stammering Pride community, are calling for a Day of Action against Starbucks on the 26th of October, urging them to make their ordering process accessible, fair and inclusive.
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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.
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PETITION CALLS FOR END TO BULLYING OF PEOPLE IN PARLIAMENT WITH DIFFERENCES
A coalition of organisations and individuals has launched a parliamentary petition calling for Parliament to be inclusive of communication differences. The petition calls the current state of parliamentary debate a “febrile environment where people who communicate differently fear they’ll get ripped to shreds.”
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STAMMA CALLS OUT A POLITICAL CULTURE WHICH SUSTAINS ABUSE AIMED AT PEOPLE WHO STAMMER
STAMMA condemns the recent stammering-related abuse directed at Chris Nelson, a Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate who was forced to withdraw his candidacy following a series of hateful comments and mockery targeting his stammer.
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STAMMA recommends changes in GP appointment booking systems
STAMMA, the British Stammering Association, recommends changes in GP appointment booking systems nationwide after a survey showed that phone-only systems and lack of staff training cause people who stammer to face physical and mental distress, delayed appointments, and late diagnoses.
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Kirsten Howells to Become Deputy CEO at STAMMA
Kirsten Howells to become Deputy CEO at STAMMA
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STAMMA launches new Advocacy Service
STAMMA's new Advocacy Service helps people who stammer take effective action in the face of discrimination.
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'Would I Lie to You?' - Not so funny
STAMMA responds to a recently aired episode of ‘Would I Lie to You’, in which Lee Mack is seen to mock stammering.
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WORLD-WIDE CALL FOR 'THE RIGHT TO STUTTER'
STAMMA has signed a declaration alongside 72 other organisations around the world calling for the right to stutter. International Stammering Awareness Day is usually filled with stories of 'overcoming' one's stammer. This year STAMMA and other countries around the world are calling for the right to stammer to be recognised, accepted and space made for people to talk in the way that they do.
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25,000 PETITION TO BE DELIVERED TO BBC AND ITV 22ND OCTOBER
Less than half the population can name a character in TV or film who stammers; of those that were able to name someone, most entered either King George VI (The King's Speech) or Arkwright from Open All Hours. This is an indictment of media representation of people who stammer.
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James Davies - New Patron at STAMMA
The A-listers’ osteopath, James Davies joined STAMMA's illustrious list of Patrons today.
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Nothing to see here - striking billboards from STAMMA
To mark the start of the the international conference STAMMAFest Global in Liverpool 24-28th August, STAMMA have launched a series of hard-hitting billboard adverts in Liverpool, showing people mid-stammer, with the words, 'Nothing to see here, I just have a stammer.'
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ON A SCREEN NEAR YOU
STAMMA has partnered up with the UK’s best-known cinema advertising contractor Pearl & Dean for a world first, a short film promoting a petition calling for people who stammer to be visibly and authentically portrayed in the media.
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A Global Love Letter to the TV & Film Industry
STAMMA, The British Stammering Association, is urging broadcasters, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV and the BBC, to include people who stammer on the small and silver screen in a love letter on social media, supported by organisations around the world representing those who stammer/stutter.
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How Many Adults Stammer?
STAMMA has been working with J. Scott Yaruss (Professor in Communicative Sciences and Disorders) and his team at Michigan State University on YouGov Polling to ascertain how many people believe they have a stammer. Their latest 2021 polling suggests a figure of 2%.
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Mr M Neto v Packaging Automation Ltd & J Thompson
STAMMA is disappointed in the judgement in this case. Many people who stammer use avoidance techniques to hide or manage their stammer to the point that when they say that they stammer, struggle to talk, they are disbelieved. Future litigants need to demonstrate that the stammer has a significantly adverse on their life and we'd urge them to bring in professional expertise to help them prepare.
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INTERNATIONAL STAMMERING AWARENESS DAY, ISAD 22nd OCTOBER, STAMMA CAMPAIGN
A comical film, Not Just One Day, has gone live on STAMMA social channels. The film follows the inner monologue of someone who doesn’t really believe in petitions, and finds them mostly vague or unrealistic, with the one exception being the new petition from STAMMA, which provides a focused and actionable change.STAMMA, which marks International Stammering Awareness Day on October 22nd with the l
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INTERNATIONAL STAMMERING AWARENESS DAY, ISAD 22nd OCTOBER, STAMMA CAMPAIGN
STAMMA launch campaign to see and hear people stammer, or stutter, on TV, radio and film. They believe that any efforts to ensure diversity and inclusion must include a drive to ensure that people who stammer are included.
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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.
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