{"id":412,"date":"2025-10-15T15:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T19:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/stuttering\/?page_id=412"},"modified":"2025-10-15T15:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T19:27:08","slug":"international-stuttering-awareness-day-reflecting-on-learning-to-be-by-k-smith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/stuttering\/perspectives\/international-stuttering-awareness-day-reflecting-on-learning-to-be-by-k-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"International Stuttering Awareness Day: Reflecting on &#8220;Learning to Be&#8221; by K. Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"235\" data-end=\"812\">Every October 22, the world comes together to recognize <strong data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"340\">International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD)<\/strong> \u2014 a day dedicated to raising understanding, challenging stigma, and amplifying the voices of those who stutter. First established in 1998 by organizations including the International Stuttering Association, the International Fluency Association, and the European League of Stuttering Associations, ISAD provides a global platform for people who stutter, speech-language therapists, families, and allies to share, listen, and learn.\u00a0<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"1227\">Over time, <a href=\"http:\/\/isad.live\">ISAD<\/a> has grown beyond a single day into a month-long online community, featuring first-person stories, creative expressions, research, and open discussion. This year\u2019s theme, <em data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1092\">\u201cA Diverse Stuttering Community \u2014 Meeting Challenges With Strengths,\u201d<\/em> invites reflection on the many ways stuttering shapes identity, connection, and resilience.<span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1567\">The CST is honored to share a deeply personal narrative from one of our very own group members. In <strong data-start=\"1358\" data-end=\"1379\">\u201cLearning to Be,\u201d<\/strong> <strong data-start=\"1380\" data-end=\"1392\">K. Smith <\/strong>shares an honest look at their experience with stuttering \u2014 the challenges, progress, and effort involved in finding their own voice.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"1732\">We invite you to read K. Smith\u2019s story. May it deepen your empathy, broaden your view of what it means to stutter, and inspire all of us to listen more generously.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1734\" data-end=\"1771\"><a href=\"https:\/\/isad.live\/isad-2025\/papers-presented-by-2025\/stories-and-experiences-with-stuttering-by-pws-2025\/learning-to-be-k-smith\/\">Read \u201cLearning to Be\u201d by K. Smith \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every October 22, the world comes together to recognize International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) \u2014 a day dedicated to raising understanding, challenging stigma, and amplifying the voices of those who stutter. First established in 1998 by organizations including the International Stuttering Association, the International Fluency Association, and the European League of Stuttering Associations, ISAD provides [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23208,"featured_media":0,"parent":43,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/stuttering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/stuttering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/stuttering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/stuttering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23208"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/stuttering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/stuttering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":413,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/stuttering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/412\/revisions\/413"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/stuttering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/stuttering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}