NOVEMBER - ELSA Official Anita Blom speaks at the Disabled People's Parliament, hosted by the European Parliament in Brussels... read more

SEPTEMBER - ELSA hosts a major Stuttering & Disability Awareness seminar in Strasbourg as part of the European Year of People with Disabilities... read more

SEPTEMBER - In Strasbourg, ELSA launches a new brochure for International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) entitled, "International and European Disability Policy Relating to Stuttering - What You Need to Know and
Why"... read more

JULY - The 4th ELSA Youth Meeting was held in Nijmegen, Netherlands and received high praise from the delegates who attended... read more

JUNE - ELSA Chair Edwin Farr gives a presentation on stuttering at the European Disability and Media conference in Athens, Greece... read more

MAY - ELSA Official Gina Waggott attends the Athens youth conference,
"A Barrier-Free Europe for Young People with Disabilities"... read more

MARCH - Europe's first comprehensive Disability Rights Law is unveiled, and
a press release is issued by the European Disability Forum... read more

2002

OCTOBER - ELSA's application for funding of an Information Campaign during the 2003 European Year of People with Disabilities is successful... read more

JUNE - ELSA Chair Edwin Farr receives the award of Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen's Jubilee Birthday Honours in recognition of Services to the Stuttering Community... read more

APRIL - Details of the Madrid Declaration are published... read more

APRIL - A New Spanish Association for people who stutter... read more

FEBRUARY - ELSA comments on the proposed Directive implementing the principle of equal treatment for persons with disabilities... read more

2001

NOVEMBER - ELSA publishes information about the Proposed European Union Disability Directive... read more

OCTOBER - ELSA welcomes Croatia as its newest member association for people who stutter... read more

SEPTEMBER - The new ELSA leaflet is published on the website... read more

AUGUST - Stefan Trömel, the Director of the European Disability Forum, was invited by ELSA to give an opening address at the World Congress of People who Stutter... read more

MAY - ELSA issues a notice to all Stuttering Associations that a funding opportunity has been identified... read more

APRIL - A Special Edition of the Voice of ELSA is published with information on Stuttering, Discrimination, and Disability... read more