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Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 4h

And so it begins...let's go ISAD 2025!!

Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 20h

🎉 Check out the Neuroconvergence Festival ! 🎉

📆 Saturday, 18th October | 📍 UCD Student Centre, Clonskeagh, Dublin 4
🎟 FREE EVENT

ISA are delighted to support the festival! A day of connection, creativity & celebration led by, and for, the neurodivergent community.

#Neuroconvergence #Community

Neuroconvergence

Neuroconvergence is a dynamic platform dedicated to advancing awareness, connection and action in the neurodiversity space in Ireland. As a hub for practitioners , advocates, creatives, organisations. and those with lived experience, we bring together a diverse community committed to exploring the i

www.neuroconvergence.ie

Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 1d

Register your place here: www.stammeringireland.ie/#events

#ISAD #ISAD2025 #IrishStammeringAssociation #StammeringCommunity #Stigma #SpeakerSeries #SLT #SLP #StammerAffirming

Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 1d

ISAD Speaker Series with Mary O’Dwyer and James McCormack

📅 Date: 24 October 2025
🕖 Time: 7pm
🌐 Online

“𝗨𝗻𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗺𝗮 𝗢𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 - 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿”

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𝘈𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵:
𝘈𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘺.
𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥:
𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟧, 𝟣𝟤–𝟤𝟦 𝘖𝘤𝘵
𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘪 24 𝘖𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝟩𝘱𝘮.
𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥.𝘪𝘦/𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘥/𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟧

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Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 4d

📅 Spaces are limited - please register here: stammeringireland.ie/isad/2025

#IrishStammeringAssociation #AskAnSLT #Stammer #Stutter #Advice #Information #SLT #StammeringAwareness #StammeringSupport

Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 4d

If you have a question about yourself, your child, a student, a family member, an employee or something that’s been on your mind, you are welcome to book a session with us.

𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚: 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺.

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Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 4d

🗣️ 𝗔𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗟𝗧 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰

📆 Wednesday 15 October
🕖 1pm
📍Online

‘Ask an SLT’ is a free, monthly advice clinic with ISA.

Book a 15-minute online info session with one of our team, who are all qualified speech and language therapists: Dr Jonathon Linklater, Aisling Keogh and Penny Farrell.

𝘙𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 Clinic 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦𝘥 𝟣𝟧 𝘖𝘤𝘵. 𝟣𝘱𝘮.

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Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 4d

😊 New members are always welcome to join us!

There is never any pressure to speak and everyone has time to speak and be heard.

Register here: stammeringireland.ie/isad/2025

#ISAD #ISAD2025 #IrishStammeringAssociation #StammeringCommunity #YouthProgramme #KidsClub #SLT #SLP #LearningThroughPlay

Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 4d

🌟ISAD 2025 Kids Club

A fun, friendly space for children who stammer (ages 8–12) to meet other young people who stammer and have fun together hosted by Aisling Keogh (SLT, ISA Research Officer)

📅 Tuesday 14 October 2025
🕒 5pm
📍 Online

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𝘈𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵:
𝘈𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘺.
𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥:
𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟧, 𝟣𝟤–𝟣𝟫 𝘖𝘤𝘵
𝘒𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘶𝘦 𝟣𝟦 𝘖𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝟧𝘱𝘮.
𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥.𝘪𝘦/𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘥/𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟧

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Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 6d

• Supervised game play on a private server
• Confidence-building through teamwork and co-op games
• A safe and supportive space to hear voices like their own
• Most of all… having fun together!

Register your child's place: stammeringireland.ie/isad/2025

#ISAD #ISAD2025 #IrishStammeringAssociation

Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 6d

** New Roblox Club **

🎮 Launch a new addition to our youth programme! ✨

A fun space for children who stammer to connect, play, hear voices like their own, and make new friends.

📅 Sunday 12 October 2025
🕒 5pm
📍 Online

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𝘈𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵:
𝘈𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘹 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘺.
𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥:
𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟧, 𝟣𝟤–𝟤𝟦 𝘖𝘤𝘵
𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘹 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘯 𝟣𝟤 𝘖𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝟧𝘱𝘮
𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥.𝘪𝘦/𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘥/𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟧

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Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 7d

✨ Have you seen or experienced examples of inclusive practice in theatre or the arts? We’d love to hear about them in the comments!

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#Stammer #AccessibilityInTheArts #Inclusion #StammeringCommunity #IrishStammeringAssociation #EmbeddedAccess #TheatreForAll

Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 7d

The stammering community is wide and varied, with different access needs and experiences.

There’s still a long way to go for theatre and the wider arts world to be fully inclusive of people who stammer so workshops and conversations like these help move things forward.

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Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 7d

🎭 Exploring Embedded Access in Theatre

Our Youth Development Officer, Penny Farrell, attended this workshop by Al Bellamy on Embedded Access for Theatre @BackstageLongford today. It was a brilliant, thought-provoking, sensory friendly and inspiring session!
Accessibility embodied 😊

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Embedding Access Workshop | Backstage | 4th Oct '25 |

An accessible workshop about creativity and Disability Inclusion in theatre with Al Bellamy in Backstage Theatre as part of Lasta Festival

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Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 8d

This event is free to attend, but please register so we can organise lunch numbers!

www.stammeringireland.ie/isad/2025

If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected]

#ISAD #ISAD2025 #Stammer #Stutter #MainEvent #InPerson #StammeringCommunity #Celebration #Welcome

Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 8d

2 weeks to go! 🥳

Join our in-person ISAD celebration on Saturday 18th October 2025 at the Hilton Hotel, Kilmainham, Dublin 💚

We have a brilliant day of speakers, workshops, and activities for all age groups!

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International Stammering Awareness Day 2025, 12–24 Oct
Register for all events at www.stammeringireland.ie/isad/2025
10am Registration. Oral Exams resources. “ISA’s Got Talent Show” video premier.
11am Adults Group, Parents Group and Youth drama workshop
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm ISA & Employment Support, Tips for Oral Exams with Emily Foynes, ISAYiT! Drama Workshop – Mini-Show

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Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 8d

We hope you’ll join us in celebrating the diversity and strength of our community, and we look forward to seeing you at one of our ISAD events.🌊

#IrishStammeringAssociation #ISA #ISAD2025 #Stammer #Stutter #StammeringPride #StammeringAwareness #Support #Belonging #SLP #SLT #StammeringCommunity

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Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 8d

🥳 We are so excited about our 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆! 🎉 💚

All these events are free to attend. For more details and to register a place visit www.stammeringireland.ie/isad/2025

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International Stammering Awareness Day 2025 12-24 Oct
Timetable of events for ISAD 2025 hosted by the Irish Stammering Association. Register for all events at
www.stammeringireland.ie/isad/2025

Roblox Club
Kids Club (8-12s)
Advice Clinic
Adult Support Group
ISAD In-person Event
Walk and Talk
Speaker Series

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Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 9d

🌐 Book your place here: www.stammeringireland.ie/#events

#IrishStammeringAssociation #ISA #ISAD #Stammer #Stutter #SupportGroup #Community #Connection #SharedExperiences #AdultsWhoStammer

Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 9d

Join our ISA adult support groups this October 🍂

🗓️ Tue 7th October & Thurs 16th October
🕖 7pm
📍 Online
🆓 Free to attend

✨ Plus: in-person support group at our ISAD Celebration Day!
🗓️ Sat 22nd October 10am - 3pm
📍 Dublin

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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦 ‘𝘈𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱’ 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥.. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴: 𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝟩𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝟣𝟨𝘵𝘩 𝘖𝘤𝘵. 𝟩𝘱𝘮 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘗𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝟤𝟤 𝘖𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘚𝘈𝘋 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵.

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Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 11d

****🌍 International Stuttering Awareness Day ****
22 October 2025 💚

This year’s ISAD.live theme is “A Diverse Stuttering Community – Meeting Challenges With Strengths.” giving an opportunity to share the wide range of voices and experiences in the worldwide stammering community.

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International Stuttering Awareness Day

Welcome to the International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) Online Conference, October 1-31, 2025, celebrating the 28th time the Online Conference has been held! An enthusiastic team made up of Anita Blom, Paul Goldstein, McKenzie Jemmett, Nicole Kulmaczewski, Pamela Mertz, Manon Spruit, and with the technical help of Bruce Imhoff, will coordinate this year’s event, continuing the hard work of Judy Kuster who ran previous Online Conferences. The ISAD online conference is a private initiative by volunteers, and totally independent from any organisation.

ISAD.live

Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 11d

We had a lovely Sunday afternoon social meetup with the ISA community!

It was a relaxed space to chat about everyday topics as well as share experiences of stammering.

We’ll share details of the next social in the future – hope you can make it next time! 💚

#IrishStammeringAssociation #Stammerin

5 adults sit at a table in a foodhall. A stammering pride glad is on the table along with mugs of tea and coffee.

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Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 13d

𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚: 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘺.

#IrishStammeringAssociation #AskAnSLT #Stammer #Stutter #Advice #Information #SLT #StammeringAwareness #StammeringSupport

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Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 13d

If you have a question about yourself, your child, a student in you class/school/college, a family member, an employee or something that’s been on your mind, you are welcome to book a session with us.

📅 Spaces are limited - book here while available! stammeringireland.ie/isad/2025

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Irish Stammering Association @stammeringireland.bsky.social · 13d

🗣️ 𝗔𝘀𝗸 𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗟𝗧 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰

📆 Wednesday 15 October
🕖 1pm
📍Online

A free, monthly advice clinic from ISA.

Book a 15-minute online information session with one of our team who are qualified speech & language therapists: Dr Jonathon Linklater, Aisling Keogh and Penny Farrell.

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𝘙𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 text 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 Clinic 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. Wed 15 Oct. 𝟣𝘱𝘮.

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