The Ghana Stammering Association (GSA) joins millions around the world to commemorate International Stammering Awareness Day (ISAD) 2025 on the theme, “A Diverse Stammering Community – Meeting Challenges with Strengths.”
This year’s theme calls on all of us—people who stammer, families, speech and language professionals, educators, and society at large—to embrace the diversity within our community and to see stammering through a lens of strength, connection, and growth.
Stammering is often understood only through the challenges it brings—moments of struggle, frustration, or misunderstanding. Yet within these experiences lie profound opportunities: to cultivate resilience, empathy, and authenticity in communication.
Every person who stammers has a unique story, shaped not only by difficulty but also by courage, creativity, and community.
As we mark ISAD 2025, GSA invites people who stammer to share their journeys—both the hurdles faced and the victories achieved.
We encourage parents to reflect on their experiences: What has worked, what hasn’t, and what hope has carried them through.
We call on Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) to add their insights—what they have learned from walking alongside clients through challenges and triumphs alike.
And we invite children and teens, who stammer, to share their voices boldly—what do you wish others understood?
What can we all do to make the world a little kinder, a little more patient, and a lot more inclusive?
For GSA, ISAD is more than a day—it is a movement of awareness, acceptance, and action.
We believe that by recognising both the struggles and the strengths of stammering, we build a society where people who stammer are not defined by their speech, but celebrated for their humanity.
Together, let us move forward with awareness, empathy, and confidence—meeting our challenges with the strength that lies within our diverse and powerful community.
Elias Apreko,
Executive Director.
