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:
- A Dutch study (or the findings) due out soon will show no difference between Lidcombe treatment for preschoolers and a Demands and Capacities treatment approach.
- More input from mainstream scientists on stuttering research relating to genes and biochemistry.
- More trials on drugs but nothing much happening.
- Discussions on blogs and podcasts might switch more to social media, especially Facebook.
- The results from the large long-term Phase IIb trial on Pagoclone will be released. They will show that the control group (who took a placebo pill) show significant improvements. The study of this effect will force us to reconsider all outcome studies ever done and compare them to the control groups’ improvements.
Tom has been a guest on StutterTalk numerous times. His appearances are archived here.
6 Jan 2013
Officer Ken Parson, Stuttering and Alleged Discrimination (rebroadcasts)
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This week StutterTalk rebroadcasts two episodes from July of 2011 discussing Officer Ken Parson and his concerns regarding his treatment by the Monroe, Ohio police department. This story is back in the news this week and we thought it would be a good time to feature the topic again on StutterTalk. Below are links to the original two episodes. Both episodes are included in today’s rebroadcast.
The Reassignment of Officer Ken Parson: Standard Rotation or Sophisticated Discrimination? (Episode 288)
Officer Kenneth Parson and his attorney John J. Scaccia join Peter Reitzes to discuss Officer Parson’s recent reassignment from detective duty back to road patrol. This episode concerns the allegation of Monroe, Ohio police officer Kenneth Parson, who stutters, that he has been treated poorly because of his stuttering. Click here to listen to the full episode.
Discussing the Reassignment of Officer Ken Parson and Stuttering (Episode 289)
Police Officer Phil Peet joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering and the reassignment of Officer Kenneth Parson in the Monroe, Ohio Police Department. Click here to listen to the full episode.