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International Stammering Awareness Day is celebrated on October 22, 2014. Stammering and stuttering is about more than just struggling to say what you need to say. International Stammering Awareness Day brings together individuals, groups and stammering associations to accurately educate the general public about stuttering. Stuttering is a communication disorder that interrupts the flow of speech and can lead to feelings of anxiety and frustration and can affect confidence. It is crucial that the public understand the condition as precisely as those who stutter understand it.

The awareness day began in 1998 as an alliance between speech-language professionals and consumers. The awareness day is designed to highlight the effect that stuttering has on the lives of individuals.

The color of the day is sea green. People who stammer are encouraged to adorn themselves with the color sea green to integrate the traditional 'peace' of the color blue and 'liberation' of the color green.