23 Dec 2012
Stuttering During the Holidays (Ep. 379)
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CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS, and JOEL KORTE (the “Stuttertalk B Team”) discuss some of the challenges with stuttering around the holidays including dealing with family, parties, and inappropriate responses to stuttering. Later, they discuss how strange it can be when you encounter people from your past who are not familiar with the changes that you have made with stuttering, and it can be easy to slip back into old habits and routines.
Caryn tells an inspiring story about Sara MacIntyre who is featured in the StutterTalk book and has appeared on the podcast several times.
All B Team episodes are archived here.
29 Dec 2012
The Year in Review and Predictions with Dr. Tom Weidig from the Stuttering Brain (380)
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Dr. Tom Weidig, the brain behind the Stuttering Brain blog, joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the year in stuttering, his predictions made in 2011 for 2012 and his predictions for 2013.
Dr. TOM WEIDIG is an independent voice in the stuttering community whose blog, The Stuttering Brain, receives more than 100,000 visits a year. Dr. Weidig has volunteered for the British Stammering Association as a former trustee and past chair of its research committee. Tom’s scientific background is in theoretical physics and finance. Dr. Weidig has studied at the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London and was a visiting scholar at Trinity College.
For 2013, Dr. Weidig predicts that basically nothing much will happen in stuttering. Tom states that at this time he views genetic research as the only or main constructive research. Dr. Weidig states that he currently is very cautious and has little hope in pharmaceutical research and deep brain stimulation research. Tom is much more optimistic about current outreach work by self help organizations and those in the stuttering community.
Dr. Weidig discusses his predictions made at the end of 2011 for 2012:
Tom has been a guest on StutterTalk numerous times. His appearances are archived here.