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12 Feb 2017

Finding Love When You Stutter (Ep. 612)

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Emily Anderson

Jane Fraser and Emily Anderson join Peter Reitzes to discuss finding love when you stutter. Ms. Anderson shares her experience as a young woman who stutters who is challenging herself to face stuttering professionally and personally. Ms. Fraser, President of the Stuttering Foundation, draws upon her decades of experience to discuss productive ways to face stuttering.

Emily Anderson is an Environmental Outreach Coordinator for a conservation nonprofit organization and also works as a server at a steakhouse, a job she has held for almost ten years. She is the author of the article Seeing the Gift in My Stutter on Good and Bad Days recently published in the Mighty.

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Jane Fraser, President, Stuttering Foundation

Jane Fraser is president of The Stuttering Foundation, has run the Foundation for more than 35 years, and is co-author of If Your Child Stutters: A Guide for Parents now in its 8th edition.

Stuttering Foundation inks discussed on this episode:

  • Advice to Those Who Stutter 
  • Self-Therapy for the Stutterer
  • Therapy Referral Lists
By: stuttertalk stuttering Tags: Emily Anderson, Jane Fraser, Peter Reitzes, stammering, stutter, stuttering, Stuttering Foundation

30 Jan 2017

Stuttering and Dating (Ep. 611)

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Rachel Hoge

Rachel Hoge joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering and dating and how stuttering can help forge deeper connections with others. Ms. Hoge is asked about her recent essay How My Stutter Improves My Dating in the Washington Post. Ms. Hoge discusses how her stuttering is a social filter of sorts which in an asset for dating.

Rachel Hoge is a southern writer, MFA candidate, and person who stutters. Ms. Hoge’s nonfiction works have been published with, or are forthcoming from, the Washington Post, the Rumpus, Ravishly, and others. She is currently writing a memoir about life with a speech disability.

Links:

  • Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
  • Changing How You View Stammering and Stuttering with David Mitchell (Ep. 300)
  • Day 1 with David Mitchell and Harry Dhillon (Ep. 402)
By: stuttertalk stuttering Tags: dating, Peter Reitzes, Rachel Hoge, stammering, stutter, stuttering, stuttering and dating

22 Jan 2017

Stuttering Support for Children,Teens and Adults (Ep. 610)

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Rita Thurman, MS, CCC-SLP, Board Certified Specialist in Fluency and Fluency Disorders

Rita Thurman joins Peter Reitzes to discuss being a chapter leader of stuttering support groups for teens and adults and her more than 40 years of experience working with people who stutter.

Topics include facilitating stuttering self-help meetings, activities, balancing the needs of different participants and much more. Ms. Thurman recommends that chapter leaders who do not stutter strongly consider working with co-leaders who do stutter.

Rita Thurman, MS, CCC-SLP is a Board Certified Specialist in Fluency and Fluency Disorders and has been working for more than 40 years with children and adults who stutter. Rita is chapter leader of the Raleigh, NC teen and adult chapters of the National Stuttering Association.

Links:

  • International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference
  • FRIENDS One Day Conferences in North Carolina and nationally.
By: stuttertalk stuttering Tags: FRIENDS, one day confernces, Peter Reitzes, Rita Thurman, self help, stuttering, stuttertalk

17 Jan 2017

StutterTalk Position Statement on Self-Help and Speech Therapy for People Who Stutter

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StutterStrong

Today StutterTalk published a “Position Statement on Self-Help and Speech Therapy for People Who Stutter.” Read the statement here or View PDF Version.

A lot of collaboration, stuttering love and experience went into our first position statement. We are very proud to share this with you.

We are also excited to share that StutterTalk developed an image for this project we are calling StutterStrong. The StutterStrong image is based on the Egyptian symbol for stuttering. But instead of a single speaker being blocked by walls, our StutterStrong image features two people, working together, knocking down those stuttering walls. Very special thanks to graphic designer and fellow stutterer Jordon Smith for bringing this idea to life.

Be sure and and check back on January 22 for the next StutterTalk episode.

By: stuttertalk stuttering Tags: position statement, self help, stuttering, stuttering treatment, stuttertalk

9 Jan 2017

Starting and Running a Stuttering Support Group Chapter (Ep. 609)

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Róisín McManus

Róisín McManus joins Peter Reitzes to discuss starting and running a stuttering support group chapter.

Topics include the power of people who stutter supporting one another, chapter ground rules, welcoming words, various support group activities, differences between chapters, interacting with the national office and much more.

Róisín McManus lives in New York City and has co-led the Brooklyn chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) for the past 5 years. Ms. McManus is the Adult Program Co-Chair of the NSA. She was the lead planner of the 20-Something’s Program for the NSA/ISA World Congress in Atlanta 2016 and doesn’t mind being referred to as a “stutterer.” Ms. McManus works as an emergency room nurse and recently graduated from New York University as an acute care & palliative care nurse practitioner.

Links:

  • The National Stuttering Association
  • Brooklyn Chapter of the National Stuttering Association
  • Brooklyn Chapter Guide for SLPs and Students
  • FRIENDS: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter
  • Chapter Leader Area from the National Stuttering Association
  • 101 Things To Do
  • Support Group Activities
  • Self-Help Workbook for People Who Stutter by Michael Sugarman
  • Peer Counseling and Self-Help Group Facilitation by Michael Sugarman
  • Living with Stuttering and Anxiety: Coping Strategies to Assist People who Stutter by Michael Sugarman
By: stuttertalk stuttering Tags: National Stuttering Association, NSA, Peter Reitzes, Roisin McManus, stammering, stutter, stuttering, stuttering support

1 Jan 2017

Speak Freely, Not Fluently (Ep. 608)

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Paige White

Paige White joins Peter Reitzes to discuss her tattoo which reads “I speak freely, not fluently,” how self help has changed her life, how her stuttering went from a “curse” to a huge opportunity and much more.

Ms. White reminds us that sometimes speech tools just do not work. Paige is asked about driving four hours each way to attend meetings of the Dallas chapter of the National Stuttering Association (NSA), why she is thankful for her stuttering, how faith and prayer help her face stuttering, her plans to start an NSA chapter in Oklahoma and much more.

Paige White is a 19-year-old person who stutters in Oklahoma taking time off from college. Paige models and is currently working in the Canadian Oklahoma County Courthouse as a typist.

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Paige’s “I speak freely, not fluently” tattoo.

 

By: stuttertalk stuttering Tags: Paige White, Peter Reitzes, prayer, speak freely, speaking freely, stammering, stutter, stuttering
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