Find your way through the website
The online conference consists of different parts, as you can see in the green header on top.- ISAD2026 will bring you back to the starting page for this year’s online conference
- Papers presented by will take you to the submissions for this year. As you can see in the section on the right, they are divided into
- Creative Expression: Poems, cartoons, drawings, songs
- Research, Therapy and Support: All about the latest news on research, therapy and support groups
- Stories and experiences with stuttering by PWS: Personal stories from PWS, but also our allies, such as friends, parents, teachers, etc.
- Kids corner: We have now created a space especially for kids up to 12, a special place where kids can share their stories, drawings, videos and other creative expressions
- Teens corner: We also have created a space especially for young PWS between 13-20, where youth can share their stories and creative expressions
- Parents corner: Parents share their stories
- Talk to a PWS will take you to a page where you can ask questions about living with stuttering to a team of people who stutter from different parts of the world.
- Talk to a Professional will take you to a page where you can ask your questions to a team of professionals in the field of stuttering.
- Around the world is to post and read about what’s planned for and around the ISAD in your country.
- Feedback gives you the opportunity to share your feedback about the conference
- Previous ISADs gives you access to ALL the previous ISAD online conferences since 1998! You can no longer comment, but there is a wealth of information on stories, therapies, research and creative expressions from people from all over the world.
Instructions for visitors
- Each submission has a threaded discussion at the bottom of the page for your comments and questions.
- You can enter the conference by clicking on the top menu bar and read the content without a login.
- If you would like to comment or ask a question you must register to create a login. We have a login requirement to help us prevent spam, duplication and inappropriate posts. You can register or login using your Facebook, Twitter or Google, as shown on the login/register pages. Login and register options appear on the right navigation bar.
- If you are posting comments on a submission, please check previous comments to be sure your question hasn’t already been asked. Also please check the replies to comments by others, as the authors give a lot of information, tips and ideas that might be interesting and useful for you.
- We have provided a space for participants to ask questions to Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) and other professionals in the field. The professionals will monitor the questions in the ‘Talk to a Professional’ forum.
- We have also provided a section where you can ask PWS about their lives, work, coping skills, advice, etc. The PWS will monitor the questions in the ‘Talk to a PWS’ forum. For those of you using the ‘Talk to a Professional’, the ‘Talk to a PWS’ and the ‘ISAD Around the World’ pages, please read the instructions on each introduction page before posting to that topic.
- You can see and comment on submissions between October 1 and October 31. After October 31 you can still see submissions but you cannot comment.
- To allow our authors and panel members to respond to questions, please post your questions and responses before October 22, as we will close this possibility after the 23rd, to give them a chance to give everyone a thorough reply before the live conference ends on the 31st. So if your question or comment hasn’t been answered before the 22nd, they will be before the end of October.
- An automated translation service can be found on the right side of each page of this website.
- The authors’ submissions will be permanently archived on the International Stuttering Awareness Day site pages for future reference.
