British Stammering Association

The association's chief executive, since June 2018, is Jane Powell. The interim chair, since 2022, is Paul Fix.

The organisation's president was Brian Dodsworth, who died in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://stamma.org/about-us/who-we-are|title=Who we are|website=Stamma|access-date=23 February 2020|archive-date=24 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124033542/https://stamma.org/about-us/who-we-are|url-status=live}}

Stamma's patrons are:{{Cite web|url=https://stamma.org/about-us/who-we-are|title=Patrons|website=Stamma|access-date=18 February 2021|archive-date=5 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305165709/https://stamma.org/about-us/who-we-are|url-status=live}} broadcaster and former MP Ed Balls, former Scotland international rugby captain Kelly Brown, author Jonty Claypole, Dame Margaret Drabble DBE,{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-tories-who-jeered-ed-ballss-autumn-statement-stammer-are-as-bad-as-playground-bullies-8390171.html|title=The Tories who jeered Ed Balls's Autumn Statement stammer are as bad as playground bullies|author=Margaret Drabble|date=6 December 2012|work=The Independent|access-date=21 March 2015|author-link=Margaret Drabble|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094941/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-tories-who-jeered-ed-ballss-autumn-statement-stammer-are-as-bad-as-playground-bullies-8390171.html|url-status=live}} former MP and MSP John McAllion,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3163268.stm|title=Stammerers voice opinions|date=4 October 2003|work=BBC News|accessdate=18 July 2012|archive-date=5 October 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031005134108/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3163268.stm|url-status=live}} David Mitchell, author of Black Swan Green,{{cite journal|date=1 March 2011|author-link=David Mitchell (author)|author= David Mitchell|title=Black Swan Green revisited|url=http://stammering.org/bsgrevisited.html|url-status=dead|journal=Speaking Out|publisher=British Stammering Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016083015/http://stammering.org/bsgrevisited.html|archive-date=16 October 2011|access-date=20 January 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-blaggers-guide-to-david-mitchell-8498002.html|title=The Blagger's Guide To: David Mitchell|date=17 February 2013|work=The Independent on Sunday|access-date=13 March 2013|location=London|archive-date=24 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224061656/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-blaggers-guide-to-david-mitchell-8498002.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.demosthenes.nl/wc2013/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=225&catid=98&Itemid=559|title=David Mitchell – Keynote speech online!|year=2013|publisher=Nederlandse Stottervereniging Demosthenes – The Netherlands Association for People Who Stutter|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721055618/http://www.demosthenes.nl/wc2013/index.php/?option=com_content&view=article&id=225&catid=98&Itemid=559|archivedate=21 July 2013|accessdate=5 December 2013|df=dmy-all}} actor, rapper and podcaster Scroobius Pip,{{Cite web|url=https://stamma.org/news-features/scroobius-pip-becomes-patron-bsa|title=Scroobius Pip Becomes a Patron of the BSA|website=Stamma|access-date=3 February 2020|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203141312/https://stamma.org/news-features/scroobius-pip-becomes-patron-bsa|url-status=live}} Arwel Richards,{{cite news | url=http://www.llanellistar.co.uk/Pembrey-man-patron-British-Stammering-Association/story-23331201-detail/story.html | title=Pembrey man and patron of British Stammering Association to host stammering support group | work=Llanelli Star | date=22 October 2014 | access-date=1 February 2016 | archive-date=15 February 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215022512/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/all-about/swansea | url-status=live }} novelist, poet, playwright and presenter Owen Sheers,{{Cite web|url=https://stamma.org/news-features/new-patron-poet-owen-sheers|title=New patron, the poet Owen Sheers|website=Stamma|access-date=3 February 2020|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203141331/https://stamma.org/news-features/new-patron-poet-owen-sheers|url-status=live}} Jon Smith and Baroness Whitaker.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzjWRAOzywwC&q=Baroness+Whitaker+british+stammering+association&pg=PA274 |title=Register of Lords' interests: as on 16 July 2004, p.274 |publisher=The Stationery Office |year=2004 |isbn=9780104849576 |access-date=23 June 2012 |archive-date=15 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215022511/https://books.google.com/books?id=uzjWRAOzywwC&q=Baroness+Whitaker+british+stammering+association&pg=PA274#v=onepage&q=Baroness%20Whitaker%20british%20stammering%20association&f=false |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url= http://stammering.org/about_bsa.html|title= About The British Stammering Association|publisher= British Stammering Association|access-date= 11 October 2011|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20111013044304/http://stammering.org/about_bsa.html|archivedate= 13 October 2011|df= dmy-all}}

Previous patrons have included Nicholas Parsons CBE{{Cite web|url=https://stamma.org/news-features/tribute-nicholas-parsons-cbe-1923-2020|title=Tribute to Nicholas Parsons CBE (1923–2020)|website=Stamma|access-date=3 February 2020|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203141319/https://stamma.org/news-features/tribute-nicholas-parsons-cbe-1923-2020|url-status=live}} and Jonathan Miller,{{Cite web|url=https://stamma.org/news-features/tribute-jonathan-miller-1934-2019|title=A tribute to Jonathan Miller (1934–2019)|website=Stamma|access-date=3 February 2020|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203141315/https://stamma.org/news-features/tribute-jonathan-miller-1934-2019|url-status=live}} both now deceased.

The British Stammering Association is a member of the European League of Stuttering Associations{{cite web|url=http://www.stuttering.ws/index.php/members/userslist/Member%20Associations|title=ELSA members|publisher=European League of Stuttering Associations|accessdate=22 June 2011|archive-date=9 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509233200/http://www.stuttering.ws/index.php/members/userslist/Member%20Associations|url-status=live}} and the International Stuttering Association.{{cite web|url=http://www.isastutter.org/who-we-are/member-associations|title=Member associations|publisher=International Stuttering Association|access-date=18 February 2021|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128112032/https://www.isastutter.org/who-we-are/member-associations|url-status=live}} At its World Congress in Brazil, the International Fluency Association awarded the IFA Consumer Award of Distinction 2009 to the British Stammering Association.

The association had a Scottish branch, BSA Scotland, which was founded in 2004 and is now closed. It was a focus for Scottish campaigns, events and support services as well as to engage with the Scottish Parliament.{{cite web|url= http://archive.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/equal/inquiries/disability/evidence/DI023%20British%20Stammering%20Associaiton%20Scotland.pdf|title= 'Shout it to the top!': People who stammer find their voices in the Scottish Parliament|publisher= The Scottish Parliament Equal Opportunities Committee Disability Inquiry|date= July 2005|accessdate= 31 May 2015|archive-date= 11 June 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150611102852/http://archive.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/equal/inquiries/disability/evidence/DI023%20British%20Stammering%20Associaiton%20Scotland.pdf|url-status= live}}

The association operates a [https://stamma.org/get-support/talk-to-us helpline], webchat and email support service, and offers information leaflets for parents of children under 5, primary and secondary school children, young adults and adults who stammer and teachers. It can also signpost callers to their local NHS Speech and Language Therapy Service. Those who stammer can also use the helpline to practise phone conversations or share how they are feeling.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Between 2004 and 2005 the association published a research journal, Stammering Research,{{cite web | url=http://www.stamres.psychol.ucl.ac.uk/ | title=Electronic Journal of the British Stammering Association | publisher=UCL | work=Division of Psychology and Language Sciences | date=2005 | accessdate=15 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121070230/http://www.stamres.psychol.ucl.ac.uk/ | archive-date=21 January 2015 | url-status=dead }} which was edited by Professor Peter Howell of University College London.{{cite journal | url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/speech-research-group/publications/publications-files/Vol1-Issue3.pdf | journal=Stammering Research | title=Stammering Research | date=September 2004 | volume=1 | issue=3 | issn=1742-5867 | access-date=15 February 2015 | archive-date=15 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215052857/https://www.ucl.ac.uk/speech-research-group/publications/publications-files/Vol1-Issue3.pdf | url-status=dead }} In 2010 the association produced research showing that children with signs of stammering are more likely to overcome the problem if they receive help before they reach school age.

The Association produces a variety of information resources.{{cite web | url=https://stamma.org/resources | title=Resources | publisher=Stamma | access-date=25 Feb 2020 | archive-date=18 January 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118155246/https://stamma.org/resources | url-status=live }}

The British Stammering Association published a magazine, Speaking Out,{{cite web|url=http://www.stammering.org/speaking-out|title=Speaking Out|publisher=British Stammering Association|accessdate=11 June 2014|archive-date=22 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622021118/http://www.stammering.org/speaking-out|url-status=live}} which ended in 2014. The spring 2011 issue included an article in which BSA member Richard Oerton recalled his own experiences with King George VI's speech therapist Lionel Logue who is featured in the film The King's Speech.{{cite journal|url=http://stammering.org/speaking-out/articles/remembering-lionel-logue|title=Remembering Lionel Logue|author=Richard Oerton|journal=Speaking Out|publisher=British Stammering Association|date=1 March 2011|accessdate=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215044033/http://stammering.org/speaking-out/articles/remembering-lionel-logue|archive-date=15 February 2015|url-status=dead}} An interview with Neil Swain, voice coach for the film, was published in the summer 2011 issue.{{cite journal|url=http://stammering.org/speaking-out/article/kings-voice|title=The King's Voice|journal=Speaking Out|publisher=British Stammering Association|author=Allan Tyrer|author2=Neil Swain|name-list-style=amp|date=1 June 2011|accessdate=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215043911/http://stammering.org/speaking-out/article/kings-voice|archive-date=15 February 2015|url-status=dead}} The spring/summer 2012 issue included an interview with the actor Charles Edwards, who played George VI in the West End stage version of the film.{{cite journal|url=http://stammering.org/speaking-out/article/kings-speech-stage|title=The King's Speech on stage|journal=Speaking Out|publisher=British Stammering Association|date=Spring–Summer 2012|accessdate=15 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215043859/http://stammering.org/speaking-out/article/kings-speech-stage|archive-date=15 February 2015|url-status=dead}}

The association has campaigned for several years to eradicate misleading advertising claims made by stammering treatment providers. Some claim, for example, that they can "cure" stammering − but it is not possible to "cure" a stammer, in the accepted medical sense of the word.{{cite web |url=https://stamma.org/about-stammering/causes-cures |title=Causes and cures |publisher=British Stammering Association |access-date=11 October 2019 |archive-date=20 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720051856/https://stamma.org/about-stammering/causes-cures |url-status=live }} Accordingly, the BSA believes such claims not only give false hope to those who stammer − but also give people who do not stammer the false impression that stammering can easily be rectified. Respectable healthcare companies carry out independent trials on large numbers of people, over long periods of time, before claiming any benefit for their products or services. The campaign has been conducted by, firstly, encouraging treatment providers who are making doubtful claims to provide supporting data and, if they cannot do so, to moderate those claims; and, secondly, in cases where the treatment provider has not co-operated, the association has reported their advertisements to the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA),{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/dec/09/asa-stuttering-ad | title='Cure stuttering' site rapped for misleading claims | work=The Guardian | date=9 December 2009 | accessdate=3 January 2014 | author=John Plunkett | archive-date=4 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104002040/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/dec/09/asa-stuttering-ad | url-status=live }} who have investigated the claims and, if they prove to be unsupportable, have instructed them to remove the offending advertisement and amend any future claims. As from 1 March 2011, the ASA, and thus the association, have also been able to act against misleading claims made in editorial copy on websites.{{cite web|url=http://stammering.org/claims.html|title=Misleading treatment claims|author=Leys Geddes|work=What We Do|publisher=British Stammering Association|date=July 2011|access-date=6 January 2017|archive-date=3 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103152920/http://stammering.org/claims.html|url-status=live}} Following a complaint by the association, on 13 July 2011 the Advertising Standards Authority issued an adjudication against a website which said: "Discover how to stop stuttering with stammering cure that works".{{cite web |url= http://www.asa.org.uk/ASA-action/Adjudications/2011/7/Stammering-Cure/TF_ADJ_51096.aspx |title= ASA Adjudication on Stammering Cure |publisher= Advertising Standards Authority |date= 13 July 2011 |access-date= 13 July 2011 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110715235924/http://asa.org.uk/ASA-action/Adjudications/2011/7/Stammering-Cure/TF_ADJ_51096.aspx |archivedate= 15 July 2011 |df= dmy-all }}

BSA's then chief executive Norbert Lieckfeldt, who has described stammering as "the hidden disability",{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/jan/09/stammering-the-kings-speech|title=Stammering: lost for words|author=Keith Austin|work=The Guardian|date=9 January 2011|access-date=30 May 2011|archive-date=3 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303233113/http://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/jan/09/stammering-the-kings-speech|url-status=live}} said the charity had received calls from members who said people were asking them about their stammer for the first time, because of The King's Speech. The film had created a "good opportunity" for people to talk about stammering. He said: "Suddenly it has become a thing that can be talked about, which is very important for us...For those people who are engaged in conversations about it, their situation will have changed for the better."{{cite web|url=http://www.aboutaccess.co.uk/article.php?id=181|title=The King's Speech is 'squashing urban myths about stammering'|publisher=About Access|date=2 March 2011|access-date=1 June 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903040233/http://www.aboutaccess.co.uk/article.php?id=181|archivedate=3 September 2011|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/berkshire/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9358000/9358990.stm|title=Reading is centre of excellence in stammering treatment|author=Emma Midgley|publisher=BBC Berkshire|date=12 January 2011|access-date=6 August 2012|archive-date=28 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428041537/http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/berkshire/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9358000/9358990.stm|url-status=live}}

The association criticised comedian Lenny Henry for his opening sketch for the 2011 Comic Relief, during which he spoofed the film and grew impatient with Colin Firth's portrayal of King George VI as he stammered over his speech.{{cite web|url=http://www.stammering.org/rednoseday.html|title=No relief for children who stammer on Red Nose Day|publisher=British Stammering Association|author1=Norbert Lieckfeldt|author2=BSA chief executive|date=April 2011|accessdate=15 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720024538/http://www.stammering.org/rednoseday.html|archive-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

In 2007 the association's then chair, Leys Geddes, strongly protested to the YouTube website about their classifying, as comedy, videos showing people struggling to speak, including three which he said appeared to be "malicious and stereotypical".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/sep/25/news.youtube|title=Anger at YouTube stammer clips|author=Sarah Boseley|work=The Guardian|date=25 September 2007|accessdate=30 June 2011|archive-date=14 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414014850/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2007/sep/25/news.youtube|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7014089.stm|title=You become a self-editing machine|author=Denise Winterman|work=BBC News|date=27 September 2007|accessdate=6 August 2012|archive-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505191844/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7014089.stm|url-status=live}} YouTube replied that the videos did not violate its terms of use. Geddes has now posted his own video on YouTube, arguing for greater understanding for those who stammer. Speaking in support of the association's stance, Labour MP Kate Hoey said: "For many people, particularly youngsters, stammering is not a joke – we need to ensure that help and support is given as early as possible and, most of all, we need to educate the public to understand the impact it has on people for the whole of their lives".

In May 2012, the association criticised a headline and story on the front page of The Sun mocking newly appointed England football manager Roy Hodgson's rhotacism.{{cite news|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/jeremy-laurance-hodgson-wont-care-but-this-could-severely-affect-children-7707298.html|title= Hodgson won't care, but this could severely affect children|author= Jeremy Laurence|work= The Independent|date= 3 May 2012|accessdate= 6 May 2012|archive-date= 7 May 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120507094603/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/jeremy-laurance-hodgson-wont-care-but-this-could-severely-affect-children-7707298.html|url-status= live}}

Commenting on the media coverage of Ed Balls' stumbling over his response in the House of Commons on 5 December 2012 to the Autumn Statement by Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, Norbert Lieckfeldt said: "The experience of a lifetime of stammering gives an edge to a personality, something to rub against, and I'd prefer that over smooth glibness any day. This is also the advice we at the British Stammering Association would give to anyone who stammers who is considering a career in politics".{{Cite news |url=https://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2012/12/07/comment-stammering-mps-are-better-than-glib-ones |title=Comment: Stammering MPs are better than glib ones |author=Norbert Lieckfeldt |date=7 December 2012 |work=politics.co.uk |access-date=23 February 2020 |archive-date=2 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502001649/https://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2012/12/07/comment-stammering-mps-are-better-than-glib-ones |url-status=live }}

Under the new leadership of Jane Powell, the charity launched a major new campaign, Stamma, in 2019 which aimed to give the public an insight into what it means to stammer, dispel stereotypes and encourage people to take stammering seriously. To coincide with International Stammering Awareness Day on 22 October 2019 a nationwide advertising campaign was launched, with Stamma being promoted on outdoor advertising spaces across the UK.

Launched on 9 May 2013 with a reception in the House of Commons hosted by The Rt Hon Ed Balls (who was then an MP),{{cite journal | title=Unlocking talent – The Employers Stammering Network | author=Norbert Lieckfeldt | journal=Speaking Out | publisher= British Stammering Association|date=Spring 2013 | pages=17}} the Employers Stammering Network, an initiative of the BSA and employers, aims to create a culture where people who stammer can achieve their full potential.{{cite news | url=http://www.cityam.com/forum/why-stammering-didn-t-hold-back-my-career-ey | title=Why stammering didn't hold back my career at E&Y | work=City A.M. | date=22 October 2012 | accessdate=29 October 2012 | author=Iain Wilkie | location=London | archive-date=22 November 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122101237/http://www.cityam.com/forum/why-stammering-didn-t-hold-back-my-career-ey | url-status=live }} In 2018, leading members with their own active networks included the Civil Service,{{cite web | url=http://www.stammering.org/help-information/professionals-and-business/businesses/unlocking-talent-employers-stammering-network | title=Employers Stammering Network (ESN) | publisher=British Stammering Association | accessdate=26 May 2016 | archive-date=22 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322140646/http://www.stammering.org/help-information/professionals-and-business/businesses/unlocking-talent-employers-stammering-network | url-status=live }} the Defence Stammering Network and EY (formerly known as Ernst & Young).{{cite AV media | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22465298 | title=Senior partner on living with a stammer | publisher=BBC Radio 5 Live | date=9 May 2013 | people=Iain Wilkie, senior partner at Ernst & Young | medium=Radio | location=London | access-date=20 June 2018 | archive-date=6 August 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806145504/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22465298 | url-status=live }} As the initiative matured, the Employers Stammering Network was in contact {{as of|2018|lc=y}} with supporters in some 150 organisations and over 50 change-makers in a range of work settings.Re-Defining Stammering At Work. The Employers Stammering Network | Presentation by Iain Wilkie/Sam Simpson | International Fluency Association Inaugural Conference One World Many Voices 13–16 July 2018, Hiroshima, Japan

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The "Find The Right Words" campaign was created by VMLY&R for Stamma, and launched in October 2020. It highlights the problems caused by negative language used in relation to stammering and asks people to change perceptions of those who stammer.{{cite web |title=Find The Right Words |url=https://stamma.org/findtherightwords |website=Stamma |accessdate=13 October 2020 |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027170619/https://stamma.org/findtherightwords |url-status=live }}

Articles on the English-language Wikipedia featuring famous or notable people who stammer or stammered were reviewed, and edited by members of Stamma to correct information that failed to adhere to a neutral point of view.

The campaign includes digital advertising and a social media activity, and a video narrated by one of the charity's patrons, Scroobius Pip, who said:

{{blockquote|Imagine you're 15 and you stammer. You love Ed Sheeran and Emily Blunt. Not that long ago you were amazed by Lewis Carroll's stories. But according to articles and stories online, these people are "plagued" by a "terrible impediment" which they had to "get rid of". When all they did was stammer. A physical condition that few of us stop to think about, yet 1 in 100 people have it. So we worked together with the community at Wikipedia and carefully rewrote every bit of language that spoke of it in a damaging or false way. There shouldn't be shame in having a stammer, whether you're 15 or 65. It's how we talk.}}

Early in June 2021, Stamma investigated instances where, when the word "stammering" was typed into certain Apple devices, the "woozy face" emoji was suggested, causing offence to many in the stammering community. The woozy face emoji, with a wavy mouth and a closed eye, was added to Apple's roster in 2018 and is supposed to depict being drunk, dazed, infatuated, or tired and emotional.

Stamma logged a complaint with Apple on 16 June and asked for a response, pointing out that stammering can be seen as a disability under the Equality Act 2010, as for many people it can severely impair day-to-day functions and for adults is lifelong. As such, the linkage between stammering and the woozy face emoji could constitute harassment under the Equalities Act.

Stamma issued a press release in which its CEO, Jane Powell, stated: "This is demeaning and damaging. Stammering is how some people talk. Treating it as a joke is stigmatising. It can leave people embarrassed about how they sound, bullied and ashamed which can affect their mental health, careers and relationships."

It was picked up by the Metro newspaper in the UK, as well as by platforms which covered Apple internationally. Stamma were contacted by supporters around the world and worked with the International Stuttering Association and VivaVoce Assoziatione in Italy, plotting a coordinated international campaign, with a petition on change.org.

On 2 July 2021, Stamma received word that Apple had released iOS update 14.7, which stopped the woozy face emoji from appearing when typing the word stammering. Stamma are still{{when|date=December 2023}} waiting for a formal response from Apple.

Stamma started a campaign, "No Diversity Without Disfluency", in October 2021 to get more people who stammer on TV, radio and film. They set up a change.org petition at www.stamma.org/petition which to date has received over 20,000 signatures. It is currently working with stammering associations in the US and Australia to adopt the campaign in their territories. The campaign was picked up by Ofcom, who said, "We applaud the work to raise awareness of stammering and encourage broadcasters to take notice".{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

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