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The Freedom of Speech
Raising awareness of support for people with speech impairments 

The release of the film The King’s Speech has put the issue of speech impairments in the public eye more than ever before. Brighton University student, Matt, will talk about how he is working to overcome his stammer, along with Anne Blight, founder of The Starfish Project, who will talk about the work of local speech therapy course The Starfish Project, which has helped hundreds of people from all over the world.

Awareness Event – Tuesday, February 7th, 5-6pm

                                    Room D222, The Checkland Building, Falmer Campus
                                    All welcome – no need to book, just turn up

Speakers: Matt Callard (University of Brighton student)
                  Anne Blight (Founder of The Starfish Project)

“University can be a particularly challenging time for someone with a speech impairment - meeting new people, doing presentations, interviews, performing everyday tasks. Having tried numerous speech therapy approaches over the years, I had a breakthrough 5 years ago when I attended The Starfish Project which helped me enormously. Since that time (with a lot of work and support) my speech has improved dramatically, enabling me to do many things I couldn't do before, changing my life in a big way. Generally, there isn't much mentioned about support for people with speech impairments so I thought I'd try and help change that.” - Matt Callard

Feel free to contact Matt for more info: msc19@uni.brighton.ac.uk
 

Related websites:

The Starfish Project: www.starfishproject.co.uk
British Stammering Association: www.stammering.org
Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists: www.rcslt.org

Brighton University Disability & Dyslexia Team: www.brighton.ac.uk/disability