Australian Catholic University – Located at North Sydney Thursday 8th September 10 – 11:30 am, with meeting before. Teleconferencing situation speaking to Speech Pathology students located in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney University Monday 12th September 1 – 2 pm … Continue reading →
This is the official logo and theme for the 2016 International Stuttering Awareness Day. Stuttering Pride. Respect. Dignity. Recognition. We would like to provide some explanation. We should take pride in who we are irrespective of our stuttering. Pride can be … Continue reading →
Greetings! The International Stuttering Association (ISA) is pleased to announce it will be hosting the International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) Online Conference in October 2016. A small team made up to Anita Blom, Dan Hudock, Keith Boss, Scott Palasik, McKenzie … Continue reading →
International Stuttering Awareness Day (October 22) began in 1998, spear-headed by Michael Sugarman, Oakland, California. ISAD recognizes the growing alliance between speech-language professionals and consumers, who are learning from each other and working together to share, give support, and educate … Continue reading →
The “D” Word Recently I learned that the number of college students with speech based disabilities seeking Accommodations* in college has decreased. My guess is that it isn’t because of the lack of the need for accommodations or because they … Continue reading →
Adults need recess time too! As a kid I loved to make things and play. I spent hours making house, building towns, making food, towns, and fun. Just the idea of “play” makes me smile. What does play do? It … Continue reading →
Isolated thoughts about being a psychotherapist who is also a person who stutters I tell some clients that I am a stutterer. As in life, I have never worked out exactly how and when to do so. The topic usually … Continue reading →
Reframing the Stuttering Iceberg As a mental health counselor who stutters, I believe I have insights that I don’t always see represented in counseling theories that are supposed to describe the stuttering experience. I have always found Dr. Joseph Sheehan’s description … Continue reading →
As I grew up as a young boy who stuttered, it was a different time in the world. The Internet did not yet exist. There were no organizations yet like the NSA or Friends. My parents had to go it … Continue reading →
I often hear the phrase: “listen to what I say, not how I say it” used among people in the stuttering community. For me, this phrase always brings up a specific memory from my senior year in college. I was … Continue reading →
