5 Jul 2014
Dhruv Gupta of the Indian Stammering Association from the National Stuttering Association’s 2014 Annual Conference (Ep. 459)
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Dhruv Gupta joins Joel Korte, Caryn Herring and Roisin McManus of the StutterTalk B Team at the 2014 annual conference of the National Stuttering Association (NSA) in Washington, DC. DHRUV GUPTA is the newly appointed Executive Director of The Indian Stammering Association (TISA).
Dhruv is very active in the stuttering community. Today on StutterTalk Mr. Gupta is asked to discuss his participation in self help organizations for people who stutter including TISA, SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young, the American Institute for Stuttering and Toastmasters. Dhruv discusses how relapse in stuttering treatment is normal and expected which is why self help groups for people who stutter are so important. Caryn noted that, as in a recent episode, all four speakers on today’s episode received speech therapy at the American Institute for Stuttering in Manhattan.
“How I mange my stuttering is, I try to stutter. I try to voluntarily stutter.” -Dhruv Gupta
Joel mentioned this StutterTalk episode on air today: Does Charlie Stutter? (Ep. 231)
You may contact Dhruv Gupta directly at dhruvg05@gmail.com. Join the Indian Stammering Association’s Facebook group here.
This StutterTalk episode was recorded and published Saturday, July 5th on the fourth day of the NSA’s annual conference.
25 Sep 2014
Working Through a Stuttering Rut (Ep. 471)
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CARYN HERRING, JOEL KORTE and ROISIN MCMANUS of the Stuttertalk B Team discuss an increase in Roisin’s duration of blocks and different mindsets for managing the struggle of stuttering. Later, they talk about the challenge of worrying about what other people think while stuttering. The B Team end the show by talking about Joel’s soon-to-be journey into fatherhood and the possibility that his son may stutter.