Dr. Tom Weidig and Christopher Constantino begin this episode with their first daily wrap-up from Day 1 of The International Fluency Association’s 2015 World Congress on cluttering, stuttering and other fluency disorders in Lisbon, Portugal. This event is a collaboration between the International Fluency Association (IFA) and the International Cluttering Association (ICA).
During the second part of this episode, Ineke Sampson, a speech-language pathologist in Stockholm, Sweden, joins Christopher Constantino to discuss her poster session titled Stuttering from a gender perspective – follow-up study 5-9 years post-referral.
Ineke Samson, is a speech-language pathologist in Stockholm, Sweden. Ineke works at Danderyds University Hospital and the Karolinska Institute both in Sweden. Ms. Samson presented a poster of research she conducted in collaboration with Elisabeth Lindström from Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Below is the abstract from Ms. Samson’s poster session:
This study sought to investigate if symptoms of stuttering show differences based on gender, and to explore when the ratio change between the sexes take place. Participants were children referred to a specialist and diagnosed with stuttering at an age of 2-4. Speech analysis and self-report of communication in relation to social, emotional and cognitive state was made. Results showed that 54% of the participating 24 children were still stuttering, with a sex ratio of 1.7:1. No differences either between the sexes for stuttering characteristics, or how the children experienced that stuttering affected quality of life, we found.
Dr. Tom Weidig is the brain behind the popular Stuttering Brain blog. Dr. Weidig’s blog contains more than 1000 posts and 5000 comments over a period of 10 years with 1000 weekly readers. Dr. Weidig has a PhD and has done postdoctoral research in theoretical physics and currently works in the financial industry specializing in private equity and venture capital.
Christopher Constantino is a person who stutters and a PhD student in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Memphis. Chris is doing his clinical fellowship in the Shelby County Schools in Memphis and is conducting a research study to understand and contextualize the experiences of passing as fluent for people who covertly stutter.
Christopher Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss a current story in the news of passing as black and how this may relate to passing as fluent and passing as stuttering. Chris and Peter begin by discussing the Rachel Dolezal story and move quickly into stuttering topics such as when stuttering is a disadvantage and when it may be an advantage, people who attempt to pass as stuttering, “normal” speakers using voluntary stuttering to get a small taste of the stuttering experience and much more.
Christopher Constantino is a person who stutters and a PhD student in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Memphis. Chris is doing his clinical fellowship in the Shelby County Schools in Memphis and is conducting a research study to understand and contextualize the experiences of passing as fluent for people who covertly stutter. Chris will be hosting some StutterTalk episodes this summer from the International Fluency Association’s World Congress in Portugal, July 6-8.
Walter Manning joins Christopher Constantino to discuss their upcoming presentations at the International Fluency Association’s World Congress which will be held in Portugal, July 6-8 (pre and post conference workshops take place July 4th, 5th and 9th). Presentations discussed include Covert Stuttering: A Foucauldian Analysis, Origin and Pawn Calculator: Determining Agency to Improve Treatment outcomes and Management of Stuttering with Adolescents and Adults. Other topics include the common factors model, the therapeutic alliance and Dr. Manning’s comment that Mr. Costantino’s research on passing as fluent may cause a sea change in how the field defines interiorized/covert stuttering.
Walter Manning, Ph.D., is a person who stutter and a professor in the School of Communication Sciences at The University of Memphis. Dr. Manning is a board certified specialist in fluency disorders, a fellow of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association, and has published more than 100 articles in a variety of professional journals. The third edition of Dr. Manning’s textbook, Clinical Decision Making in Fluency Disorders, was published in 2010.
Christopher Constantino is a person who stutters and a PhD student in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Memphis. Chris is doing his clinical fellowship in the Shelby County Schools in Memphis and is conducting a research study to understand and contextualize the experiences of passing as fluent for people who covertly stutter. Chris will be hosting some StutterTalk episodes this summer from the International Fluency Association’s World Congress in Portugal, July 6-8.
Christopher Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss disability rights and disability studies and how they may intersect with speech-language pathology and self help for people who stutter. During the second half of today’s episode, Mr. Constantino is asked about his research on passing as fluent (known to some as covert stuttering). Chris suggests that passing as fluent may be less an oppression of authenticity and more a power move to access able-bodied privilege. Mr. Constantino describes this analysis as “returning agency to the person.” Chris suggests that passing as fluent may be more of a “resistance” to dominant discourses than a repression of an authentic self.
Christopher Constantino is a person who stutters and a PhD student in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Memphis. Chris is doing his clinical fellowship in the Shelby County Schools in Memphis and is conducting a research study to understand and contextualize the experiences of passing as fluent for people who covertly stutter. Chris will be hosting some StutterTalk episodes this summer from the International Fluency Association’s World Congress in Portugal, July 6-8.
StutterTalk® is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to talking openly about stuttering. StutterTalk is the first and longest running podcast on stuttering. Since 2007 we have published more than 700 podcasts which are heard in 180 countries.
6 Jul 2015
Daily Wrap-Up and Stuttering from a Gender Perspective from the IFA in Portugal (Ep. 529)
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Dr. Tom Weidig and Christopher Constantino begin this episode with their first daily wrap-up from Day 1 of The International Fluency Association’s 2015 World Congress on cluttering, stuttering and other fluency disorders in Lisbon, Portugal. This event is a collaboration between the International Fluency Association (IFA) and the International Cluttering Association (ICA).
During the second part of this episode, Ineke Sampson, a speech-language pathologist in Stockholm, Sweden, joins Christopher Constantino to discuss her poster session titled Stuttering from a gender perspective – follow-up study 5-9 years post-referral.
Ineke Samson, is a speech-language pathologist in Stockholm, Sweden. Ineke works at Danderyds University Hospital and the Karolinska Institute both in Sweden. Ms. Samson presented a poster of research she conducted in collaboration with Elisabeth Lindström from Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Below is the abstract from Ms. Samson’s poster session:
This study sought to investigate if symptoms of stuttering show differences based on gender, and to explore when the ratio change between the sexes take place. Participants were children referred to a specialist and diagnosed with stuttering at an age of 2-4. Speech analysis and self-report of communication in relation to social, emotional and cognitive state was made. Results showed that 54% of the participating 24 children were still stuttering, with a sex ratio of 1.7:1. No differences either between the sexes for stuttering characteristics, or how the children experienced that stuttering affected quality of life, we found.
Dr. Tom Weidig is the brain behind the popular Stuttering Brain blog. Dr. Weidig’s blog contains more than 1000 posts and 5000 comments over a period of 10 years with 1000 weekly readers. Dr. Weidig has a PhD and has done postdoctoral research in theoretical physics and currently works in the financial industry specializing in private equity and venture capital.
Christopher Constantino is a person who stutters and a PhD student in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Memphis. Chris is doing his clinical fellowship in the Shelby County Schools in Memphis and is conducting a research study to understand and contextualize the experiences of passing as fluent for people who covertly stutter.