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ELSA's past highlights and accomplishments 2007 JULY - ELSA's 6th Youth Meeting took place in the Netherlands with the Theme "Stand Up, Speak Up - Human Rights and Disability Policy for Young People Who Stutter". Read the reports here! MAY - The International Stuttering Association (ISA) launched a press release follwing a successful World Congress in Croatia. Read more by clicking here... 2006 DECEMBER - ELSA Board member Gina Waggott was a keynote speaker at the 2006 European Day of Disabled People conference, held at the European Commission HQ in Brussels...click here NOVEMBER - It is with great sadness that ELSA announces the death of board member Konrad Schäfers... click here MAY - Milene Michele from Italy and Irena Papancheva from Bulgaria represented ELSA and stuttering at the European Disability Forum's Annual General assembly - read their report by clicking here (MS Word format). 2005 NOVEMBER - ELSA hosted a reception for Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in Strasbourg, France on the 25th October as part of a project to obtain endorsement of International Stuttering Awareness Day. Click here for more... OCTOBER - The 8th International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) Online Conference has finished, but you can download the report in Word format by clicking here... SEPTEMBER - Anita Blom, Vice Chair of ELSA, gave a presentation and workshop at the 3rd Congress of Croatioan Speech and Language Pathologists in Dubrovnik, Croatia... read more AUGUST - ELSA's 5th Youth Meeting in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, was a great success. The theme of "Empowering and Educating Young People to Work With the Media" has already resulted in delegates gaining international press coverage... read more MAY - ELSA attended and presented to more than 150 other key members of the European Disability Forum (EDF) at their annual General Assembly in Barcelona.... read more APRIL - ELSA and other European Non-Governmental Organisations meet the European Disability Forum to discuss European Funding...read more 2004 AUGUST - ELSA Official Gina Waggott is elected to the Youth Committee of the European Disability Forum... read more MARCH - A link is established with CPLOL, the European umbrella association of Speech and Language Therapists... read more |