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A Stuttering Superhero Is Born

front-coverSouth Slope/BC School for the Deaf students welcomed their very own resident author, Secretary Kim Block to a recent school assembly. Her self-published children’s book “Adventures of a Stuttering Superhero” features “Melissa, a brave stuttering superhero” who encounters a student who keeps interrupting her and finishing her sentences. As she read her book, with her “superhero cape” on, BCSD head teacher, Jennifer Zuvic signed the story. While the story itself is about fostering understanding and acceptance, the books Illustrations include examples of diversity of abilities, nationality and cultural practices. LEARN MORE