15 Jul 2018
Growing Up Stuttering in Japan (Ep. 652)
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Kodai Noguchi joins Caryn Herring at the One World, Many Voices: Science and Community World Congress in Hiroshima, Japan to discuss growing up stuttering in Japan, stuttering in your own way, meeting others who stutter, and much more.
Kodai and Caryn have a fascinating discussion about using filler words, tricks, and compensations in Japanese and English.
Kodai Noguchi. M.S., CF-SLP is a person who stutters and a bilingual SLP candidate who speaks Japanese and English. Kodai completed his masters of science at the University of Wisconsin-Eun Claire and his research interests include the psychosocial aspects of stuttering such as self-efficacy and stigma.
Caryn Herring is a person who stutters and a speech-language pathologist, currently pursuing her PhD at Michigan State University. Caryn’s research interests include the process of desensitization and the role of voluntary stuttering. She co-hosts the StutterTalk B-Team and serves on the board of directors for Friends – The National Association of Young People Who Stutter.
15 Jul 2018
Stuttering and Mocking: How Should Employers Respond? (Ep. 653)
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John Steggles join Dr. Tom Weidig at the One World, Many Voices: Science and Community World Congress in Hiroshima, Japan to discuss stuttering blogs and social media, if an employee should be fired for mocking a person who stutters, and how employers should train employees related to understanding and respecting differences.
John Steggles has been involved in the stuttering self-help movement for over 35 years. He helped form the Australian Speak Easy Association (ASEA) in 1981 and is a past President of that association as well as a former Director of the Australian Stuttering Foundation with Profs. He is well known in the international self-help movement and writes a blog on stuttering under his writing name of Stuttering Jack and helps keep people who stutter informed about stuttering related issues through his Facebook profile. John conducts voluntary stuttering treatment intensives and is currently assisting the Vietnamese Stuttering Association with treatment and administrative matters in establishing their association.
Dr. Tom Weidig resides in Luxembourg. He is co-chair of the International Fluency Association’s Research & Publication Committee and the brain behind the popular and widely read Stuttering Brain Blog.