What's the need?
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Society struggles to listen and is systemically impatient.
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Stuttering representation is minimal and frequently inaccurate.
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People who stutter often face discrimination and stigma.
What are our goals?
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Partner with stuttering artists, and arts institutions to create high-quality stuttering media so people who stutter can tell their own stories in their own words.
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Push for changes in the way that society approaches stuttering.
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Partner with other organizations to create real impact.
SPACE on the news
Video courtesy of KCRG, originally published at KCRG.com.
What are we doing?
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We are running the Listening Equity Project (funded by DABC and the Province of BC) to make service providers more accessible for dysfluent speakers.
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We wrote an open letter to Plural Publishing, advocating for the removal of harmful instruction in one of their textbooks.
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We led an international coalition speaking out against Samsung's Impulse App, resulting in Samsung and Cheil making significant changes to the marketing of the app.
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We are partnered with HeardAI and AImpower to help improve voice recognition AI systems for those with communication disabilities and differences.
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We published an op-Ed in the Vancouver Sun speaking out against the mockery of stuttering.
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We held an open advocacy forum, to better understand the systemic obstacles facing people who stutter.
S P A C E Advocacy
We create a world that listens better to people who stutter, and everyone else.
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Pictured above: SPACE leading a listening workshop at Radio Canada Headquarters in Montreal, (photo by Sarah De Grace)