Website updates November to December 2023
Regulations to retain some EU case law The government has published a draft of regulations which would preserve the effect of some EU case law after the end of 2023,…
Website updates September to October 2023
Examples of adjustments by service providers New page Examples of adjustments and discrimination: service providers, including material shifted from the ‘For businesses’ section of this website, and taking in examples…
Stammering Awareness Day 2023
22nd October is International Stammering Awareness Day (ISAD). STAMMA has published a video and guidance for healthcare providers, and a “Don’t be a knob” video ad and guidance for service…
Grandmother visiting hospital laughed at by nurse
A senior staff nurse burst out laughing when a visitor stammered asking to see her granddaughter A woman who stammers was visiting her granddaughter in hospital. She stammered when saying…
STAMMA job application workshops
STAMMA (British Stammering Association) is running zoom workshops on applying for jobs if you stammer:
F-Bomb blog: oracy in schools
Claire Tupling’s excellent blog Starmer’s ‘F-Bomb’ (educationandsociety.wordpress.com) warns that “oracy” should accept that speech may be dysfluent. Labour has pledged to put oracy at the centre of its plans to…
Booking a GP appointment: removing barriers for people who stammer
STAMMA (British Stammering Association) is urging changes in GP appointment booking systems nationwide. A survey by STAMMA showed that phone-only systems and lack of staff training caused people who stammer…
Website updates July to August 2023
STAMMA Advocacy Service STAMMA Advocacy Service (stamma.org) now launched, including for poor treatment by employers and service providers. Added to Sources of help and advice>STAMMA/ British Stammering Association. GP bookings:…
Website updates May to June 2023
Retained EU Law Bill Retained EU Law Bill page updated for changes made in the Bill’s passage through Parliament. The Bill would alter the position of EU law in Britain….
Website updates March to April 2023
OSCE exams for healthcare professionals: new guide on adjustments for stammering STAMMA and the NHS Stammering Network have produced a Job-based oral exam guide (stamma.org), March 2023, mainly for OSCE…
M v Manchester Rusk Co
The employment tribunal found that the claimant’s stammer was not a disability within the Equality Act. The burden of proof was on the claimant, and he had not presented sufficient…
A v Qualasept
The claimant had a stammer and type II diabetes. He was dismissed after a probationary period. Issues were his attendance, communication style (eg tending to argue, upset people), and pace…
A v Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
The claimant’s current role in the NHS involved many phone calls, and his employer had allowed reasonable adjustments in respect of his stammer. Another NHS employer withdrew its job offer…
Is “disclosing” a stammer the right word to use?
It’s good to talk about a stammer, but is there a better term than “disclosing”? In any event, I don’t think this matters legally. Stamma’s Blog: The trouble with ‘disclosure’…
Website updates January to February 2023
Appearing in court Major update of Appearing in court with a stammer, including witnesses, defendants, litigants and jurors who stammer. It reflects the updated Equal Treatment Bench Book for judges…
McCue v Glasgow City Council
A man with Down’s Syndrome received social care from his local council, under Scottish legislation. The council had a policy on what disability-related expenditure it would deduct in assessing his…
