29 Dec 2014
Honest Speech and Stuttering Hospitably (Ep. 488)
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Erin Schick and Joshua St. Pierre from the website Did I Stutter? (DIS) join Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering issues. The conversation is consistent with the DIS mission of providing “an alternative way of thinking about speech and communication disabilities.” Topics include Ms. Schick’s Honest Speech video, self help and activism, person first language, stuttering in the workplace, speech therapy, stuttering hospitably and much more. Joshua and Erin were asked about a number of posts from the DIS blog.
Erin Schick currently lives in Portland, Oregon where she is finishing a B.A. in sociology and looking forward to pursuing a Master’s of Social Work and working as a youth advocate. She is active in the poetry slam community and has competed in multiple national competitions, where she uses her voice to combat ableist attitudes and smash the patriarchy.
Joshua St. Pierre lives in Alberta, Canada and has published on stuttering and communication both academically and non-academically. He is currently pursuing his PhD in philosophy. Joshua founded DIS with Zach Richter.
25 Dec 2015
Did I Stutter? (Ep. 562)
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Caryn Herring, Joel Korte and Roisin McManus of the StutterTalk B Team discuss some of the ideas and positions presented on the Did I Stutter website.
While The B Team embrace the overall “wisdom” of the Did I Stutter community, they also push back on the tone and on some of the absolute positions presented on the site. Joel Korte reminds listeners that “stuttering isn’t black and white… [It has] lots of shades of grey.” Caryn Herring shares her concern that some of the positions at Did I Stutter strongly suggest “this is how I should feel” with Joel agreeing and reminding listeners that the stuttering community has a history of people suggesting how we should think and feel about stuttering. Caryn shares that “In some ways I agree with them [the Did I Stutter community] and then at the same time it does feel like we are trying to fight this fight against what everybody else thinks rather than doing something for ourselves. It seems like a lot of thought and work to change how everyone else is rather than just focussing that on us.”
One of the Did I Stutter positions discussed on today’s episode is: “Stuttering is only a problem—in fact is only abnormal—because our culture places so much value on efficiency and self-mastery.” While the B Team accept some aspects of this position, they also challenge it by discussing their experiences and frustrations with feeling unable to get their words out and unable to communicate at times because of stuttering.
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