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ASIA: Shinji Ito
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Shinji Ito established the first self-help group of persons who stutter in Japan in 1965. Since then he has been actively involved with its activities for 42 years. After leaving his post at a national university of education to train students to become speech therapists in public school systems he opened his private clinic in Osaka. As well as serving as the Executive Director of the Japan Stuttering Project he gives lectures and workshops on stuttering, teaches courses on stuttering at universities and vocational schools and has also been supervising speech therapists in school systems. In 1986 he served as the chairperson of the first International Conference on Stuttering in Kyoto. Later on he was involved with the founding of the ISA as a member of the board of directors. He has published 10 books on stuttering.
From "Fighting against Stuttering" to "Living with it": Learning from Oriental thought and 42 years of self-help group activities
During my 63 years of life as a person who stutters, I have been involved with self-help group activities of persons who stutter for 42 years including 17 summer camps I organized for children who stutter and their parents. Through these activities I learned ways to deal with my stuttering and to live with it. This philosophy of "not fighting against stuttering but finding ways to live with it" comes from the teachings of Buddhism and Taoism.
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