12 May 2013
Covert Stuttering with Jeff Olson (397)
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Jeff Olson joins Britni Bicknaver to discuss his life with covert stuttering, waiting for stuttering to go away, turning 40 and deciding to make changes, quitting his job to work on stuttering and much more. Jeff and Britni discuss funny stuttering experiences, “tricks” they have used to avoid stuttering and vicarious stuttering feelings.
JEFF OLSON is a person who stutters and works as a Design Engineer in Portland, Oregon. He attended his first National Stuttering Association (NSA) annual conference in 2009 and has attended several annual conferences since then. He is a member of the NSA Portland chapter.
15 Aug 2016
Passing Twice: A Place for LGBTQ People Who Stutter and Their Allies (Ep. 595)
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Bill Collins and Casey Kennedy join Peter Reitzes to discuss Passing Twice: A Place for LGBTQ People Who Stutter and Their Allies.
Many topics are discussed today including the past and present of Passing Twice, what the stuttering community can learn from the LGBTQ community, how the LGBTQ experience has changed for many over past decades, learning from the struggles of those who have come before us and some interesting twists on the “Would you take a pill to cure your stuttering” question. The guests are asked about from Roger Roe‘s excellent chapter on Passing Twice in the StutterTalk book.
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Bill Collins is a person who stutters in Philadelphia, PA. He’s been a member of Passing Twice since 2010 and the National Stuttering Association since 2012.
Casey Kennedy is a person who stutters and a speech-language pathologist in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Kennedy is on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Stuttering Association and is a regular attendee of National Stuttering Association annual conferences. Casey is also gay and is a member of Passing Twice.