20 Mar 2014
SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young (Ep. 445)
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Taro Alexander joins Peter Reitzes to discuss SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young. Mr. Alexander also discusses what he has done and continues to do to face stuttering.
During today’s episode Taro shared, “We are here to help you say the things that shouldn’t go unsaid. I think that can be the real tragedy of stuttering. When you see kids not saying what they want and keeping all these things inside.”
TARO ALEXANDER, is Founder and Director of SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young, formerly Our Time. Mr. Alexander founded SAY 13 years ago. He is an accomplished performer, teacher, and director who has stuttered since the age of five.
Related Episodes:
- Bike/Hike 670: Raising Stuttering Awareness and Funds for Camp Our Time (Ep. 415)
- Our Time: Arts, Speech Therapy and Exciting New Programs (Ep. 407)
- Camp Our Time: Stuttering, Courage and Respect (Ep. 293)
- The King’s Speech with Taro Alexander: Two Thumbs Up (Ep. 238)
- Isabella from Our Time Talks about Stuttering (Ep. 279)
- Stuttering: The Gift of Empathy (Ep. 294)
- Camp Our Time: Stuttering Brings Courage (Ep. 296)
- The Awesomeness of Camp Our Time (359)
- Camp Our Time Wrap Up with Caryn and Joel (Ep. 363)
- Listen: The New Album from the Our Time Theatre Company (Ep. 134)
- The Our Time Theatre Company – Live from NYC (Ep. 80)
- Taro Alexander from Our Time (Ep. 12)
24 Nov 2020
Stuttering Association for the Young in Australia (Ep. 699)
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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 SAY: Australia, the first International arm of SAY: The Stuttering Association For The Young founded in 2001 in NYC by Taro Alexander. Prior to launching SAY: Australia in June 2019, Rich lived in Manchester, UK. Rich spent 6 years working as a Psychiatric Nurse, and his work in the field of Mental Health took him to all parts of 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 counsellor, and fast forwarded several years later is now bringing a new approach to supporting young people who stutter in Australia.