17 Jul 2011
Discussing the Reassignment of Officer Ken Parson and Stuttering (289)
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Police Officer Phil Peet joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering and the reassignment of Officer Kenneth Parson in the Monroe, Ohio Police Department.
Officer Phil Peet is speaking from his own experience on today’s episode and does not represent the Orlando Police Department. Officer PHIL PEET is a chemical weapons specialist with 13 years of experience with the Orlando Police Department and is a person who stutters. During today’s episode Officer Peet comments on the reassignment of Officer Ken Parson (discussed on StutterTalk episode 288). Today’s topics include transfer and reassignment policies, stuttering on the job, fitness for duty evaluations on the force, meeting job descriptions, written policies and the culture of a department, accommodations, medical discharges, basic functions of the job and much more.
24 Jul 2011
Stuttering: A World Away from the Authorities (290)
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Journalist Barry Yeoman joins Peter Reitzesto discuss stuttering, his radio documentaries and teaching, body image, attending the 9th World Congress for People who Stutter in Buenos Aires in May 2011, the dance and movement workshops he attended at the conference, his radio documentary on Hurricane Katrina and much more.
Barry Yeoman (barryyeoman.com) is an investigate journalist, a contributing editor for AARP Magazine (the highest-circulation magazine in the United States) and a radio documentarian. Barry is also an often called upon member of the StutterTalk Advisory Council.