ISAD 2026 events round up
Here's a list of things you can get involved with on and around International Stammering Awareness Day (ISAD), 22nd October.
New events are being added, so check back for updates. Are you running an event? Tell us about it and we'll add it here. Email editor@stamma.org
The ISAD Online Conference
Throughout October
Every October, the ISAD online conference brings together people who stammer, parents, therapists, researchers and friends from all over the world. Read articles and research papers, and link up with professionals. This year's theme is 'Shades of Stuttering'.
What Is Stuttering: Facts, Myths, Surviving & Thriving
Online, Sun 18th Oct, 4pm
Join Hanan Hurvitz for a free online lecture exploring what stammering is and what it isn't, common myths, the impact of shame and anxiety, and attitudes we can choose that enable us live confident and authentic lives, irrespective of the fact of our stuttering.
STAMMAFest online check-in & catch-up
Mon 19th Oct, 7-9pm
Did you attend STAMMAFest 2026? Are you missing the camaraderie?
Join host Bob Adams on Zoom for a chance to catch up with other STAMMAFest attendees. Check in and share how you've been getting on, get reinvigorated and recapture some of that STAMMAFest magic.
Difference not defect
Online, Tues 20th Oct, 6pm
'Stammering Pride' and neurodiversity have been widely talked about in recent years. Join Patrick Campbell & Sam Simpson as they reflect on a decade of change for our community.*
Creative writing workshop
Online, Tues 20th Oct, 7:30pm
Tap into your creative energy! How would you describe your voice? Join Adam Giannelli and Bevin Murphy for an online workshop. No previous creative-writing experience is necessary.*
I am responsible for building my tomorrow
Online, Weds 21st Oct, 6pm
We don't control the fact of our stammer, but we have choice in our attitudes to it, to stigma, and to our own subconscious drives. Join this online session led by Hanan Hurwitz, where we'll explore this in depth.*
Walking with Avoidance
Online, Weds 21st Oct, 7:30pm
Join this online workshop, where speech & language therapist Trish Chilton will explore ideas on using compassion to work out when avoidance is serving you, when it's getting in your way and what to say when other people tell you to stop avoiding.
Family Fun Event
Cleethorpes, Thurs 22nd Oct, 6:30-9pm
Join the Lincolnshire Stammering Support Group as they celebrate ISAD with an evening of creative art making.
No previous experience with art is needed, materials will be provided, as will homemade cakes and refreshments.
Stammering on screen festival
London, Fri 23rd Oct, 6-8:30pm
City Lit are putting on a transformative evening showcasing films and filmmakers who are featuring, representing and normalising stammering through their creative work.
Threads of conversation art workshop
Elstree, Sat 24th Oct, 3-5:30pm
This Arty Place is hosting a family-friendly creative art workshop inspired by the theme, 'Shades of Stuttering'. You don't need to stammer to join, and no previous art experience is required. Proceeds go to STAMMA.
Empowering Voices free course
Bath, 5th-7th Nov
Empowering Voices is offering its Bath course free of charge (except accommodation) to mark ISAD. Empowering Voices is a residential course teaching the costal breathing technique. For a full list of options, see our Adult Therapy & Courses section.
* Part of our series of events for ISAD celebrating some of the fabulous workshops and sessions from our STAMMAFest event this summer.
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