StutterTalk: Changing how you think about stuttering: Recent Episodes
Peter Reitzes and friends
For National Stuttering Awareness Week (NSAW), Ben Goldstein and Mark O’Malia join Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to talk about what it takes to talk about stuttering. Mark and Ben share their stories about what when they started talking about stuttering, how it helped them, the challenges along the way, and ideas as to how to get started.
Mark O’Malia, MS, CCC-SLP is the New York Clinic Director for the American Institute for Stuttering (AIS), working with people who stutter across the lifespan since 2017. In addition, Mark serves on the Board of Directors of Friends: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter, and is an adjunct instructor, teaching graduate level courses in stuttering, cluttering, and other fluency disorders. Being a stutterer himself, Mark is actively involved in the stuttering support community, regularly presenting at national conferences.
Ben Goldstein is a speech-language therapist and stuttering consultant for Prince George’s County Public Schools in Maryland and an associate clinician at the Sisskin Stuttering Center in the Washington D.C. area. He is also an adjunct professor at (Gall- you-det) Gallaudet University, teaching the graduate level stuttering course. Ben has presented on Avoidance Reduction Therapy for Stuttering (ARTS®) at international and national conferences, speech therapy graduate school programs, and to school-based speech therapists in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Links:
American Institute for Stuttering
Sisskin Stuttering Center
FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter support groups
National Stuttering Association support groups
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Caryn Herring joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to discuss her response in the New York Times article, Trump’s Biden Mockery Upsets People Who Stutter: ‘We’ve Heard This Before. Caryn shares her concerns about the bullying of stuttering on a global stage and her message of dignity in response to the mockery.
Caryn discusses virtual and in-person resources from FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter to build and fortify a sense of dignity. She also shares personal life experiences that have helped her increase her dignity, including the value of the stuttering community.
Caryn Herring is a person who stutters, a speech-language pathologist, and a doctoral candidate at Michigan State University. Caryn met Lee in 2010, and has been involved with Friends ever since. Caryn served on the Board of Directors as the Chairperson for 5 years and is proud to follow in Lee’s footsteps as the current Executive Director of Friends. Caryn’s research interests include the process of desensitization for people who stutter, reducing adverse impact, and the role of voluntary stuttering. She has also taught and clinically supervised both undergraduate and graduate students at MSU, The University of Pittsburgh, and Duquesne University.
Links:New York Times article
FRIENDS
FRIENDS Virtual Parent Group
FRIENDS One Day Conferences
FRIENDS Virtual Kids Groups
FRIENDS Virtual Teens Group
FRIENDS Virtual 20-something group
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JJJJJerome Ellis joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to talk about stuttering as an heirloom, something “precious and worthy of being cherished.” Jerome shares how he came about reframing the inherited genetic trait from something negative to positive and how he makes space for stuttering when times get tough. Finally, Jerome shares some projects he is working on, including the coming of a fantastic book.
JJJJJerome Ellis, an artist, and a proud stutterer. Jerome makes music and writes books. He lives in Tidewater, Virginia, with his wife, ecologist-poet, Luísa Black Ellis. They love walking in the woods, reading, and drinking tea together.
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Dr. Derek Daniels joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to talk about stuttering and the hats he wears as a researcher, supervisor, clinician, and person who stutters.
Dr. Daniels shares his path to researching marginalized identities of people who stutter and the value of understanding intersectionality and stuttering. Dr. Daniels talks about a HIS story, a program for black males who stutter by The Arthur Blank Center for Stuttering Research and Education, and how impactful the experience has been.Some links mentioned:* Dr. Derek Daniels
* National Stuttering Association Conference
* Camp Shout Out
* HIS Story
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Ward Jarvis joins Dr. Chris Constantino to discuss the Stuttering Yips and the mental side of stuttering.
Ward Jarvis is a performance coach on the PGA Tour focusing mainly on the mental side of preparation and execution. Ward has coached multiple pgatour winners and major champions applying a lot of what he’s learned from his lifelong experience with stuttering to the world of high stakes performance. In addition to coaching, Ward is also a full time firefighter in Paducah, KY.Links:* Ward Jarvis website
* Social media: @wjarviscoaching
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Dr. Chris Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss facing old stuttering patterns, how stuttering has helped with public speaking skills, and the mitzvah of stuttering.
Peter Reitzes is president of StutterTalk.
Dr. Chris Constantino is an assistant professor at Florida State University.
Both Peter and Chris are people who stutter and speech-language pathologist.
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Dori Holte joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to discuss her newest book “Voices Unearthed: The Impact of Childhood Intervention on Those Who Continue to Stutter.” Dori shares her motivation to write this book, her hopes for the outcomes for parents of children who stutter and speech therapists from reading this book, and how her view of speech therapy has changed over the years. Dori shares the moving experience of interviewing adults and parents for this book; and how she continues to use them to propel her mission forward of spreading awareness of ways to find safer and more effective stuttering resources.
Doreen (Dori) Lenz Holte has become a world-wide advocate and influencer since the publication of her first book, Voice Unearthed: Hope, Help, and a Wake-Up Call for the Parents of Children Who Stutter in 2011. Voice Unearthed was inspired by the experiences she had with speech therapy for her young son who stuttered.Her next book, VoiceS Unearthed: The Impact of Early Childhood Intervention on Those Who Continue to Stutter, Holte unearths the voices of 60 individuals, a combination of parents with older children who stutter and adults who stutter, to better understand how early intervention impacted their quality of life.Dori has been a guest speaker to universities both in the United States and internationally. She has been invited to contribute to various podcasts, blogs, and was an honored contributor to the book, Stammering Pride and Prejudice: Difference not Defect published by J&R Press Ltd. in 2019.In addition, the Voice Unearthed Facebook group, facilitated by Dori, is now, at 3,600+ members, the largest online parent support group for this topic in the worldDori lives with her husband, Peter, in Golden Valley, Minnesota. They are parents to three wonderful adult sons and one lovely daughter-in-law – so far.Links:* Email: voiceunearthed@gmail.com
* Website: voiceunearthed.com
* Facebook Group: google Voice Unearthed and it should come up. There are screening questions.
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Steve Anthopoulous joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to discuss his award winning short film VOICE ACTIVATED, a film about a deliveryman who stutters and is forced to cooperate with a voice activated car. Steve shares what inspired him to create the film, and his personal journey that got him to where he is today. Steve talks about the theme of avoidance and the power of caring about stuttering less and the freedom that came from talking more about stuttering.
Steve is a comedy writer and director. His short film VOICE ACTIVATED premiered at the Sydney Film Festival, won best screenplay at Stellar Short Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Short Film by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and Best Short Production by Screen Producers Australia. Voice Activated was a recipient of the Screen NSW Screenability fund. Steve has directed ads for Ausfilm, Netflix and Staples, and loves comedies that find a way to be both fun and meaningful.
Links:
Trailer
Cleveland Film Festival
steveanthopoulos.com
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Rich Stephens joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to talk about his smashing success of Camp SAY Australia, the first-ever sleep away camp for young people who stutter. Rich shares what made the camp experience so special, the power of radical empathy, the unforgettable fun morning songs, and upcoming programming in the land Down Under.
Rich Stephens is a person who stutters and is the President and Programming Director of The Stuttering Association For The Young Australia (SAY: Australia), which is the first International arm of SAY, founded in America in 2001 by Taro Alexander. Rich is also the Camp Director at Camp SAY: Australia, Associate Camp Director at Camp SAY in America, and is the Australian Development Chair of the World Stuttering Network established in 2020. Prior to launching SAY: Australia in 2019, Rich lived in Manchester, UK. Rich spent 6 years working as a Psychiatric Nurse, with his work taking him across the UK, Dublin-Ireland, and Wellington New Zealand. Rich completed his BSc studies in Speech & Language Therapy and MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience & Neuroimaging at the University of Manchester. During his BSc studies, Rich first volunteered at Camp SAY in 2015 as a bunk counselor, and fast forward several years later is now bringing a new approach to supporting young people who stutter in Australia.
Links:SAY:AU
Official Blog of SAY Australia
Instagram
Facebook
SAY Morning songs
Rich Stephens, President and Program Director email: rich@sayaustralia.org.au
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John Hendrickson joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to discuss the release of his new book “Life On Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter.”
Following his groundbreaking article “What Joe Biden Can’t Bring Himself to Say“, discussed on Stuttertalk in episode 694, on this episode, John fills us in on the past two years of his stuttering journey and how the book “Life On Delay” came to be. John gives us a sneak peek of what’s inside the book, and shares how his relationship with stuttering evolved.
John Hendrickson is a Senior Editor at The Atlantic and the author of Life on Delay: Making Peace With a Stutter, coming January 2023 from Knopf. Life on Delay is a reported memoir that grew out of his Atlantic feature “What Joe Biden Can’t Bring Himself to Say,” which was read by more than 2 million people and named one of the best stories of 2019 by Longform.
John has spoken about stuttering, politics, and journalism on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, PBS, and at colleges and universities across the country. Before joining The Atlantic, he wrote and edited for Rolling Stone, Esquire, and The Denver Post.
He lives in New York City with his wife.
Links referenced in the talk for podcast:
Life On Delay on Amazon for purchase
John’s website
John’s previous Stuttertalk, episode 694
John honored at AIS
John’s reference to Brayden Harrington on stuttering
National Stuttering Association (NSA) – find a chapter here
FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter
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Chris Anderson joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to discuss the release of his book Every Waking Moment: The Journey to Take Back My Life from the Trauma and Stigma of Stuttering.
Following his vision set out in episode 466, Chris came back onto StutterTalk to talk about his newly released book. In our conversation, Chris shares why he wrote such a deeply personal book and what he hopes his readers will gain from it. Chris touches on non-traditional topics such as stuttering and mental health and stuttering and trauma. He shares his heart, wisdom, and insight, and some steps on how to start moving forward on the path toward healing.
Christopher Anderson, a person who stutters and writer, is a longtime member of stuttering self-help community and, this October, will self-publish his first book on stuttering, Every Waking Moment: The Journey to Take Back My Life from the Trauma and Stigma of Stuttering, which examines his through-life journey to self-acceptance from first stutter to fatherhood. He is also an award-winning subject matter expert on national security for the US Government in Washington, DC, where he lives with his family. For more, see everywakingmoment.blog.
Chris’s blog: everywakingmoment.blog
Chris on twitter: https://twitter.com/justconfront
Purchase Every Waking Moment: click here.
Upcoming book release events:
NSA event: https://westutter.org/event/chris-anderson/
AIS book release event: https://www.stutteringtreatment.org/events/every-waking-moment-book-release-with-chris-anderson
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Dr. Christopher Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss what we gain from stuttering and the stuttering advantage. Link: Stuttering Gain by Christopher Constantino
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Dr. Christopher Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the question: Is it stuttering if the house is not on fire?
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Dr. Ryan Pollard joins Dr. Christopher Constantino to discuss the frustration and confusion of the loss of control caused by stuttering. They cover a wide range of topics including what prevents us from allowing ourselves to stutter, making the stuttering experience “less bad” and “worthwhile,” using stuttering to make connections with others, what may be gained […]
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Nicholas Fischer joins Dr. Christopher Constantino to discuss stammering dominating all of one’s decisions, stammering as much as you want, and how much one should focus on facing stammering. Nicholas and Chris also discuss different views stemming from issues raised in the previous StutterTalk episode, Stuttering Recklessly: Doing the Hard Work of Change (Ep. 710). […]
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Dr. Chris Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering recklessly and doing the hard work of change. Peter and Chris share thoughts on “tough love” in self-help and in speech therapy and the importance of being open with stuttering. Chris Constantino is a speech-language pathologist and assistant professor at Florida State University. Chris co-edited the highly acclaimed […]
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Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, a professional NBA basketball player, joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss his “Change and Impact Initiative” for stuttering. This initiative is a platform created to improve access to healthcare and expand services and resources for those who stutter. Mr. Kidd-Gilchrist shares his vision for creating change for stuttering through legislation in congress and how […]
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Peter Reitzes talks to Dr. Chris Constantino about how facing stuttering helped prepare him for other life challenges such as weight loss.
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Dr. Christopher Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss expectations placed on famous people and celebrities who stutter such as President Biden. Dr. Constantino notes that President Biden allows children who stutter to think about being president.
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Taro Alexander joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the wonderful documentary film My Beautiful Stutter which follows five kids who stutter, ages 9 to 18, from all over the United States and all walks of life who meet at SAY, an interactive arts-based program. Taro Alexander – founder of the Stuttering Association for the Young (SAY) – is […]
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Dr. John Jackson joins Dr. Christopher Constantino to discuss becoming a medical doctor by standing up to repeated discrimination and going on to serve thousands of patients in rural America. Known to some as the “Yankee Doctor,” Dr. John Jackson has delivered more than 5,000 babies in rural America and talks openly today on StutterTalk […]
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Dr. Christopher Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss competing pressures placed on people who stutter to be fluent and to also be unashamed and fearless with stuttering. Chris and Peter revisit the Brayden Harrington endorsement video of President Joe Biden and discuss doing Zoom therapy with people who stutter and their families. Chris Constantino is […]
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Dr. Nan Bernstein Ratner joins Peter Reitzes to discuss what is new and exciting in stuttering and updates to A Handbook of Stuttering, which is soon entering its 7th edition. Dr. Bernstein Ratner is asked about updates she and Dr. Shelly Brundage have made to the handbook regarding stuttering treatment, predictors of recovery, brain imaging research, […]
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Dr. Christoper Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the listener question, “What parent would not want their child to be fluent?” Chris and Peter discuss the questions, “Do we want stuttering to be eradicated?”, “Do people who stutter have anything to gain from stuttering?”, and so much more. Links: The Last Children of Down Syndrome […]
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Dr. Christopher Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss an important 2020 study on verbal contingencies in Lidcombe treatment and the related question, “What exactly is working in preschool stuttering treatment?” Links: Verbal Contingencies in the Lidcombe Program: A Noninferiority Trial Direct versus Indirect Treatment for Preschool Children who Stutter: The RESTART Randomized Trial Lidcombe Program […]
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Caryn Herring and Seth Tichenor join host Christopher Constantino for a frank discussion about fluency stuttering. On this special and fun 700th episode, the crew talk about their own experiences of fluency changing over time, why this might happen, what it means for therapy, and how to discuss it with other stutterers.
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Rich Stephens joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss the expansion of the Stuttering Association for the Young (SAY) into Australia. Rich shares what’s been happening “down under” and some personal points that have kept him going through this demanding and exciting time. Rich Stephens is a person who stutters and is the President and Programming Director of […]
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Barry Yeoman and Chris Constantino join Peter Reitzes to discuss the determination and empathy of people who stutter and the question, “Why Can’t You Stutter More Like President Biden?” Barry Yeoman is a journalist with more than four decades of experience who specializes in in-depth reporting that puts a human face on complex issues. Chris […]
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Vladan Sibinovic Vladan Sibinovic joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss “The Language,” an art exhibition that dives deep into the experience of stuttering. In their conversation they discuss why Vladan decided to create art about stuttering, how he uses his art to spread stuttering awareness, and how his art has transformed his relationship with his stuttering. […]
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Marc Winski joins Chaya Goldstein in honor of International Stuttering Awareness Day to discuss how he gained 27,000 followers on TikTok and how he is using the platform to spread awareness about stuttering. Marc discusses how TikTok has helped bring awareness to a global population, how he challenges the ‘overcome’ stuttering narrative, and his vision for […]
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Barry Yeoman and Christopher Constantino join Peter Reitzes to discuss how to talk about Joe Biden’s stuttering. Topics include how to respond to well intentioned but ableist descriptions of Joe Biden’s stuttering, Barry Yeoman’s recent column in the Nation titled Our Stutter: Joe Biden, Brayden Harrington—and Me, policing stuttering voices, and much more. Barry Yeoman is […]
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John Hendrickson John Hendrickson joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss the months after his article with Joe Biden went viral and how it impacted his stuttering journey. Hendrickson shared how these past few months have altered his relationship with his stuttering, his most memorable and challenging experiences, and his upcoming book Life On Delay. John Hendrickson is a Senior […]
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Sam Simpson joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss Stammering Pride and Prejudice, a book that explores stuttering from the social model of disability. Sam shares how she learned about the social model in the 1990’s, and how this continues to influence her work as a speech therapist and counselor today. Sam Simpson is a speech and […]
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Roisin McManus, a Nurse Practitioner who stutters and has been on the frontlines of COVID-19, joins Chaya Goldstein to reflect upon this important work and stuttering. This is a follow-up conversation to episode 678. Roisin shares her recent transition as a Nurse Practitioner to work in Palliative Care and her engagement with COVID-19 in that role. Ms. […]
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Patrick Campbell joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss Stammering Pride and Prejudice, a book that explores stuttering from the social model of disability. Patrick explains why this book was written and how it can help us change the way we approach stuttering. Patrick reflects on his chapter “People With Stigma: A reflection on stigma against stammering in […]
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Dr. Kia Noelle Johnson Dr. Kia Noelle Johnson and Dr. Darren Johnson join Chaya Goldstein to share their experience of what it’s like to be a black person in America today. Together they discuss the impact of overt and covert racism, microaggressions, and digging deep on self reflection to start making internal changes. Darren and […]
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Dane Isaacs joins Chris Constantino to discuss Isaac’s recently published paper ‘I Don’t Have Time For This’: Stuttering and the Politics of University Time. Issacs and Constantino discuss stuttering from a disability rights perspective. Dane Isaacs is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology at Stellenbosch University. He holds a Masters degree in psychology […]
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Chris Constantino joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss Stammering Pride and Prejudice, a book that explores stuttering from the social model of disability. Chris shares his insights on the social model of disability and how it applies to stuttering. Dr. Constantino discusses his chapter in the book “Stutter Naked” and how stuttering has fostered intimacy and […]
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Cody Packer Cody Packer joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss First Day, a short film being used as a Public Service Announcement to raise awareness about stuttering during National Stuttering Awareness Week. Cody Mathieson Packer is a proud person who stutters from New Zealand. He started making films in his parents backyard at the age of […]
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Dominique Kennedy joins Christoper Constantino to discuss stuttering, cluttering, and her new book Stuttering, It’s What You Think. Dominique Kennedy is the author of Stuttering, It’s What You Think. Dominique is an experienced and certified Speech-Language Pathologist. Dominique earned a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders with an emphasis in Speech […]
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Hanan Hurwitz joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the growth and success of stuttering support in Israel during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hurwitz is asked about Israel’s first support group meeting for children who stutter, a current series of online stuttering lectures, and serving in the military while stuttering. Hanan Hurwitz is an electronics engineer and independent […]
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Dennis Drayna, Ph.D. joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the genetics of stuttering and a recent study in which stuttering mutations were engineered into mice that caused stuttering-like vocalization deficits. Dr. Dennis Drayna is Scientist Emeritus at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and a Board Member of the Stuttering Foundation. Dr. Drayna […]
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John Gomez joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss his special reduced rate offer for at-home viewing of his award winning documentary WHEN I STUTTER. Gomez expresses his gratitude to the stuttering community for helping translate his documentary into a number of languages. John shares how the current health crisis is impacting upcoming film screenings, the […]
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Tiffani Kittilstved joins Reuben Schuff to discuss connecting in the stuttering world. Ms. Kittilstved reports that 48 chapters of the National Stuttering Association have hosted online meetings with more to come. Virtual Support Links: National Stuttering Association (NSA) Chapters FRIENDS virtual resources Stuttering Foundation of America: Stuttering and Social Distancing: Adjusting to Communication in […]
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Caryn Herring, Joel Korte, and Roisin McManus (the StutterTalk B Team) discuss making good family memories during this challenging time, when acquaintances make psychological assumptions about people who stutter, stuttering around young children, and much more.
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Michael Turner, a filmmaker who stutters, joins Christopher Constantino to discuss MONUMENT, a feature-length documentary about Turner’s visit to the Holocaust memorial in Hungary built by his grandmother. Visit MONUMENT on Kickstarter Michael Turner is a filmmaker and a person who stutters. Turner was awarded the 2015 Oregon Media Arts Fellowship for The Way We […]
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Gerald Maguire, MD Gerald Maguire, MD joins Peter Reitzes to discuss ecopipam, the medical treatment of stuttering, and the National Stuttering Association. One of the points Dr. Maguire shares is that “acceptance of stuttering and acceptance of treatment are not mutually exclusive.” Gerald A Maguire, MD is Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at […]
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Roisin McManus, a Nurse Practitioner (NP) who stutters, joins Chaya Goldstein to provide a first hand perspective from the front lines of COVID-19. Roisin shares ways we can contain the spread, defines flatten the curve, ways we can support healthcare workers and the general public; including education, mental health support, and dropping off medical supplies […]
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Sam Gennuso joins Reuben Schuff to discuss being healthy people who stutter. Sam Gennuso is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and recovery coach, an advocate for difference, and a person who stutters. She specializes in communication evolution and self-care as a radical political statement. She holds masters’ degrees in Clinical Psychology and Communication Studies, which […]
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Sam Gennuso joins Chaya Goldstein to provide a grounding meditation during this chaotic time. Sam Gennuso is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and recovery coach, an advocate for difference, and a person who stutters. She specializes in communication evolution and self-care as a radical political statement. She holds masters’ degrees in Clinical Psychology and Communication Studies, […]
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Loryn McGil joins Reuben Schuff to discus social communication and how to keep social and be productive with stuttering in a quarantined world. Loryn McGill M.S. CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist who specializes in treating people who stutter in her private practice, OC Fluency Center located in Costa Mesa, California. She is adjunct faculty at Chapman University where […]
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Chaya Goldstein joins Peter Reitzes to discuss working with our stuttering during this challenging time. Chaya shares some exciting, virtual (online) resources for support and well being. Chaya Goldstein M.A. CCC-SLP is an ASHA certified speech-language pathologist who works at the American Institute for Stuttering (AIS) in New York City. Chaya is also a person who stutters. […]
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Bob “the Expert” Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to discuss when a child has multiple challenges in school, but only stuttering is being considered by the IEP team, stuttering in the military, and Vice President Biden’s stuttering. Bob and Peter discuss the column Is Biden’s Stutter Being Mistaken for “Cognitive Decline”? Robert Quesal, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a professor […]
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Professional actor Marc Winski joins Chaya Goldstein to challenge the ongoing narrative of “overcoming” stuttering. Marc and Chaya discuss the latest Marie Claire article and People magazine article where stuttering is once again described as something to overcome. Chaya and Marc engage in a frank conversation about what needs to change in how we think […]
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Nina G joins Chaya Goldstein in celebration of Nina’s 10 years of comedy. The talk included Nina’s story of how she became a comedian, the road she’s traveled these past 10 years, the importance of a stuttering community, disability as empowerment, moving away from the “overcome stuttering” narrative, taking up space, bringing our full selves into […]
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Barry Yeoman joins Chaya Goldstein to talk about his thought provoking article Stammer Time which highlights how stutterers are moving past the medical model of disability. The conversation explores the social model vs. medical model of disability, the concept of ‘stutter gain’, the history of the stuttering self-community, how we can practically start make changes […]
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Rich Stephens joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss his experiences of approaches to stuttering in Australia, the support and obstacles he has faced setting up SAY: Australia, the start of their first creative arts programs, his plans for International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) 2019, and so much more. Rich Stephens is the President of SAY: Australia, […]
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Jane Powell joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss smashing stuttering stereotypes. Jane Powell is the CEO of the British Stammering Association (BSA), a post which she took up in 2018. Prior to this she founded the national UK charity CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, a multi-award winning charity dedicated to reducing male suicide in the U.K. Jane ran this […]
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Dr. Michael Boyle joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss success in treatment, stuttering more being a sign of progress, being resilient in the face of difficulty, and so much more. Michael P. Boyle, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is an Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Montclair State University where he teaches graduate courses in fluency disorders […]
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Dr. Rick Arenas joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss slaying the stuttering iceberg and consider what is the change you actually want. Rick Arenas Ph.D. is an associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the department of Speech and Hearing Sciences. He received a bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. all from the University of Iowa. […]
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Chaya Goldstein is joined by stuttering All-Stars Reuben Schuff, Samantha Gennuso, Kristel Kubart, and Stavros Ladeas at the 2019 FRIENDS annual convention. Topics include the “monumental” negative effects of hiding stuttering, how more stuttering can be good, asking for what we need as people who stutter, being kind to yourself, the “rough time” of stuttering that […]
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Elias Apreko Elias Aprekojoins Chaya Goldstein to discuss stuttering support in Ghana.
Elias Apreko helped set up the Ghana Stammering Association in 2013 to meet the needs of persons who stammer (stutter) in Ghana. He currently works as the president of the GSA. Elias is passionate about giving people who stutter a voice and helping them live successful lives in spite of their stutter.
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