Parents and Stuttering (305)

30 Oct 2011

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The StutterTalk B Team arrives with this fine piece of stuttering craftsmanship.

CARYN HERRING, JOEL KORTE, and ROISIN MCMANUS (the Stuttertalk “B Team”) begin a possible series on the topic of “Parents and Stuttering.”  They discuss their relationship with their parents growing up and how that has changed as they have matured into adults. Lastly, they discuss the challenges parents face when children are reluctant to work on or discuss their stuttering.

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Stutterers Need to Be Empathetic Too (soapbox #2)

23 Oct 2011

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Peter Reitzes

Peter Reitzes presents a StutterTalk soapbox today on stuttering, empathy and patience.

Today’s soapbox is titled Stutterers Need to Be Empathetic Too. Mr. Reitzes discusses the importance of having empathy and patience with people who do not stutter. This StutterTalk soapbox is  based on reporting Mr. Reitzes during episodes 303 and 304 regarding the Philip Garber Jr story.

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Stuttering and Accommodations with Philip Garber Jr. (304)

18 Oct 2011

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Philip Garber Jr

Philip Garber Jr., a 16 year old who stutters, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss his recent experience concerning his stuttering and treatment by a college professor.

Philip discusses his views on what happened between him and his professor, speaking to the media, what he would say to his professor if she was listening and much more. Mr. Garber discusses possible accommodations a person who stutters may receive in college such as having specific times in class for students to ask questions. Mr. Garber suggests that one possible accommodation is asking  a student who stutters to give a presentation on stuttering to the entire class. Philip demonstrates the use of speech tools such as pausing and a soft voice to manage stuttering and explains why such tools are not always easy to use. Towards the end of the episode, Mr. Garber mentions that he cannot support the way the media has demonized his former professor.

Richard Pérez-Peña broke this story (see the two articles below) for the New York Times and was featured on StutterTalk episode 303 to discuss his reporting.

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Stuttering Across the Globe: New Zealand (302)

16 Oct 2011

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Bruce Whitfield

Bruce Whitfield, Lisette Wesseling and Voon Pang join Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering, self help and treatment in New Zealand. This is StutterTalk’s second episode in our Stuttering Across the Globe series.Bruce Whitfield is past president of The New Zealand Speak Easy Association and past editor of their newsletter Air Flow. Mr. Whitfiled is a Course Instructor of the McGuire Program. Bruce is now 64 and happily and busily retired from 27 years as a chemistry technician. Bruce met his wife Nina at a fluency course 13 years ago.

Lisette Wesseling

Lisette Wesseling lives in Wellington, New Zealand with her husband Neil. She is a professional classical soprano, and teaches voice to children and adults. For part of the week, she works as a braille awareness consultant at the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind, where she tries to promote  the importance of braille to blind and sighted people. Lisette is herself blind and is a person who stutters.

Voon Pang is a Speech Language Pathologist who works at the Stuttering Treatment And Research Trust (START) in Auckland, New Zealand. Since graduating in 2006, he has traveled within Australia as well as internationally (US and UK) to attend workshops and internships to be

Voon Pang

better equipped at helping those who stutter. During today’s episode Voon discussed Tools for Success: A Cognitive Behavior Therapy Taster published by the Stuttering Foundation.

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A Stuttering Student and His Professor with Richard Pérez-Peña of the New York Times (303)

16 Oct 2011

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Richard Pérez-Peña

New York Times reporter Richard Pérez-Peña joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the story he has been covering regarding Philip Garber Jr., a 16 year old student who stutters, and his professor, Elizabeth Snyder. Ms. Snyder is reported to have asked Mr. Garber to bring up questions before class and after class “so we do not infringe on other students’ time.”

Mr. Pérez-Peña wrote the two articles below which have received an unprecedented amount of national and international attention.

During today’s episode Mr. Reitzes mentions this editorial from the Star-Ledger.

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Changing How You View Stammering and Stuttering with David Mitchell (300)

2 Oct 2011

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Author David Mitchell joins Peter Reitzes for this very special 300th episode of StutterTalk.

Mitchell and Reitzes discuss his wonderful novel Black Swan Green, his life coping with stammering (stuttering), the King’s Speech, educating the public about stuttering and much more. Join the conversation at the StutterTalk Facebook page.

DAVID MITCHELL is a widely respected, award winning novelist from England. His novels include Ghostwritten, Number9Dream, Cloud Atlas, Black Swan Green and the Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. David Mitchell is a person who stutters and a patron of the British Stammering Association.

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