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May 1, 2025

ASHA advocates have sent 76,500 letters to their members of Congress this year—far surpassing the 58,000 letters sent in all of 2024. The ASHA Advocacy team is grateful to see so many of you taking action on behalf of the professions and the people you serve. Let’s keep the momentum going throughout May for National Speech-Language-Hearing Month and throughout 2025 for ASHA’s Centennial.

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ASHA Voices: Stuttering and Stigma With SLP Derek Daniels

SLP Derek Daniels says stigmatizing actions, like imitating stuttering, can lead people who stutter to remove themselves from opportunities and create a diminished quality of life. Daniels, himself a person who stutters, shares ways SLPs can address stigma in their work.

May 9, 2024
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