27 May 2018
PhD Forum for Doctoral Students in Stuttering Research (Ep. 643)
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Kerianne Druker and Dr. Tom Weidig join Peter Reitzes to discuss the Research & Publication Committee of the International Fluency Association (IFA) and the upcoming Joint World Congress.
Tom and Kerriane are asked about the PhD Forum for doctoral students in stuttering research they are starting up with the IFA, presentations they are looking forward to at the World Congress, and much more. To learn more about the PhD Forum, contact phdnetwork@theIFA.org
One World, Many Voices: Science and Community is the Inaugural Joint World Congress of the International Cluttering Association
(ICA), International Fluency Association (IFA) and International Stuttering Association (ISA), with local host organizations the Japan Society of Stuttering and Other Fluency Disorders and the Japanese Stuttering Genyukai Organization. This event will be held in Hiroshima, Japan, from July 13th-16th, 2018.
Kerianne Druker resides in Australia. She is a speech language pathologist and PhD student at Curtin University. Mrs. Druker is a member of the Research & Publication Committee of the International Fluency Association (IFA).
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.
2 Dec 2019
Stammer Time: Building a Society that Accepts Stuttering (Ep. 670)
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Barry Yeoman joins Chaya Goldstein to talk about his thought provoking article Stammer Time which highlights how stutterers are moving past the medical model of disability. The conversation explores the social model vs. medical model of disability, the concept of ‘stutter gain’, the history of the stuttering self-community, how we can practically start make changes to create a more stutter friendly world, and why he’s excited about the recent conversation in stuttering community about the social model of disability.
Barry Yeoman is a freelance journalist living in Durham, North Carolina. He also teaches journalism and narrative nonfiction at Wake Forest University and Duke University. He has been a member of the stuttering self-help movement since 1992.