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17 Mar 2020

Vice President Biden’s Stuttering (Ep. 673)

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Bob “the Expert” Quesal joins Peter Reitzes to discuss when a child has multiple challenges in school, but only stuttering is being considered by the IEP team, stuttering in the military, and Vice President Biden’s stuttering. Bob and Peter discuss the column Is Biden’s Stutter Being Mistaken for “Cognitive Decline”?

Robert Quesal, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a professor emeritus of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western Illinois University, a person who stutters, a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is a former Board Certified Specialist in Fluency and Fluency Disorders.

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2 Dec 2019

Stammer Time: Building a Society that Accepts Stuttering (Ep. 670)

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Journalist Barry Yeoman

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.

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18 Aug 2019

Slaying the Iceberg Beast with Dr. Rick Arenas (Ep. 666)

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Dr. Rick Arenas

Dr. Rick Arenas joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss slaying the stuttering iceberg and consider what is the change you actually want.

Rick Arenas Ph.D. is an associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the department of Speech and Hearing Sciences. He received a bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. all from the University of Iowa. His primary area of research is developmental stuttering. In his early career he focused on the neurobiological mechanisms involved in the variability of stuttering across contexts. Recently his research has transitioned toward the way people relate to their stuttering and how it plays a role in their personal narrative. Using qualitative methods, he is investigating how people who stutter change their thoughts and beliefs to live harmoniously with stuttering.

Read Dr. Arena’s Stuttering Foundation blog post on A Father’s Advice. Watch Rick’s keynote address at the FRIENDS Who Stutter annual conference. Read Dr. Arena’s Slaying the Iceberg Beast presentation.

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23 Jul 2019

Beginning Your Stuttering Evolution at FRIENDS (Ep. 665)

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stuttering, FRIENDS, StutterTalkChaya Goldstein is joined by stuttering All-Stars Reuben Schuff, Samantha Gennuso, Kristel Kubert, and Stavros Ladeas at the 2019 FRIENDS annual convention.

Topics include the “monumental” negative effects of hiding stuttering, how more stuttering can be good, asking for what we need as people who stutter, being kind to yourself, the “rough time” of stuttering that so many people who stutter report experiencing in their early twenties, and so much more.

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27 Jun 2019

Don’t Be Alone with Your Stutter: Stuttering in Israel (Ep. 663)

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Hanan Hurwitz

Hanan Hurwitz joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss Israel’s strong stuttering support network and the negative use of the term stuttering in politics to wrongly suggest that a candidate is weak and ineffectual. Mr. Hurwitz explained the importance of speaking to the media, teachers, speech-language pathologists, and the general public about Israel to educate and clarify misperceptions.

This episode was recorded in Hveragerdi, Iecland at the Embrace Your Stutter World Congress.

Hanan Hurwitz is an Electronics Engineer working as Director of Quality at a global company that designs and manufactures electronic servo controls. Hanan is also a person who stutters, has stuttered since childhood, and is presently the chair of the Israeli Stuttering Association, AMBI. Visit AMBI on Facebook here.

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10 Feb 2019

Breaking the Silence (Ep. 660)

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Mollie Davis

Mollie Davis joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss speaking up as a person who stutters under very challenging circumstances.

Mollie Davis is an 18 year old college freshman from Maryland currently studying at Hollins University in Virginia. She is studying to be a journalist and is heavily involved in gun violence prevention activism. She also enjoys theatre, sitcoms, and courtroom dramas.

Chaya Goldstein, M.A. CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist who stutters. She works at the American Institute for Stuttering (AIS) in New York City and teaches graduate courses in Fluency Disorders. She co-leads the National Stuttering Association Adult Manhattan chapter and coordinates the FRIENDS “Stepping Up” Mentorship program for children and teens who stutter. She’s cares deeply about stuttering advocacy, education, and empowerment and is committed to educating SLPs, educators and the public.

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