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From: Judy Kuster
Date: 10/6/01
Time: 2:53:27 PM
Remote Name: 134.29.30.79
Joe,
You are already doing a lot of important things for yourself and your country, even if there are no professionals who work with people who stutter there at this time.
You are already in contact with the International Stuttering Association, which is an organization of PWS that connects the self- help network around the world. Stefan has told you about it already.
There is also an organization in South Africa for People Who Stutter. It is called Speak Easy of South Africa. Jonathan Leming is the leader of this organization. His email address is quagga@global.co.za You should get in touch with him about what resources he may know about in other parts of Africa. The self-help movement is a very important support system for people who stutter. You and your new organization can help make an important difference for people who stutter in Cameroon.
Also, there are speech therapists in South Africa that I know. Two of them have written papers for this conference. I will email the papers to you.
The other important work you can do right now is learn all you can about stuttering. I will send you CDs of the first two online conferences. One of the papers on the first conference was written by a woman who is a speech therapist. It is about Stuttering in Africa. I think you will enjoy that article. I will also mail you some materials from the Stuttering Foundation of America (Self-therapy For the Stutterer, Sometimes I just Stutter: a book for children between the ages of 7 and 12, and Advice to Those Who Stutter) and also a book, To Say What is Ours, from the National Stuttering Association, which is the self-help organization in the US, . These materials will be a good place for you and your organization to learn more about stuttering.
Perhaps others have additional ideas.
Judy