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Surviving Adversity Two of the SFA’s heroes and spokesmen are subjects in a new book by Gord Carley. Former Chicago Bulls great Bob Love and actor Nicholas Brendon talk about their struggles with stuttering and how they overcame their greatest challenges in Surviving Adversity. The book includes 30 other profiles of individuals who have overcome different types of adversity. The book may be purchased through the SFA for $12.95. Carley has generously offered to donate 50 percent of the sales price to the SFA!

International Stuttering Awareness Day is Oct. 22 International Stuttering Awareness day will be Oct. 22 this year, with the theme of “International Year of the Child Who Stutters.” Professionals and others interested in stuttering are invited to participate in an online conference Oct. 1-22 at http://www.stutteringhomepage.com. A special section will be available this year for children and teens who stutter. CEUs or college credit are available for a fee. See the web site for details.

6,000 Strong and Growing Cleo Brooks, senior librarian for disabled services, looks at SFA publications in the collection in the stunning new Seattle Public Library. Over 6,000 public libraries now shelve SFA materials, which are provided to them free of charge. Check out our library listings page online at www.stutteringhelp.org to see what’s available at your library. If they don’t have SFA books and tapes, please have them call 1-800-992-9392 or email info@stutteringhelp.org.

Librarian Says Thanks—Send More, Please! “As an adult who had a severe stuttering problem as a child, I realize how limiting it can be. I am forever grateful to my first grade teacher, Mrs. Belzer, who determined that it was not that I did not know the answer when she called upon me, just that I was too embarrassed to try to speak; and it was not that I was unable to read, just that I was unable to read aloud, and arranged for me to have speech therapy,” wrote Karen Worrall, director of the Torrington Library. Ms. Worrall listed a number of SFA publications the library shelves, and asked for free copies of more resources. Ms. Worrall, we’re happy to oblige.

NSSLHA Chapters Give to Stuttering Foundation Thanks to National Student Speech, Language and Hearing Association chapters at St. Joseph’s College in New York and at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio who sent gifts to the SFA. “We would like to contribute money that will make a direct difference, such as the much-needed videotape for school-age children,” wrote the chapter in New York in sending in their donation. Great timing! Stuttering: For Kids, By Kids is just out in VHS and DVD.

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