Aims & Objectives - Australian Stuttering Warriors

Aims

To empower people with a stutter who, like us work hard to become an eloquent speaker.
To be advocates for people with a stutter in the community
To provide training and self-development opportunities for people with a stutter.
To educate the community on stuttering and raise awareness of the impacts of stuttering on people and those around them.
To educate people with a stutter on alternatives to speech therapy and provide information on how alternative programmes can help achieve people with a stutter a successful solution to overcome stuttering.
To make alternative stuttering programmes accessible financially to people from all socio-economic backgrounds.

Objectives

To provide a central hub to people who want to work hard on overcoming their stutter through non-traditional speech therapy techniques.
To provide a website informing the public about the , stuttering in general and the personal development opportunities available to stuttering, that does not involve speech therapy.
To make available meeting groups and training workshops for our members.
To offer guidelines for any group practice sessions or meetings.
To promote the Australian Stuttering Warriors to people who stutter, their families and the general community.
To add a footprint in local community initiatives by volunteering and providing guest speakers to local events.