StutterTalk

Sam Gennuso

Sam Gennuso joins Chaya Goldstein to provide a grounding meditation during this chaotic time.

Sam Gennuso is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist and recovery coach, an advocate for difference, and a person who stutters. She specializes in communication evolution and self-care as a radical political statement. She holds masters' degrees in Clinical Psychology and Communication Studies, which shape her understanding of how people communicate and move through the world. Her background in psychology, the Bhakti yoga tradition, and addiction recovery inform her work as an integrative and holistic therapist. Her work centers around cultivating true self-compassion through healing shame, active recovery from trauma, and uncovering true wishes and dreams by letting our inner voices be as wild as they want to be.

 

Links:

* Sam's website

* Sam's daily meditation on Instagram Live

Loryn and Reuben

Loryn McGil joins Reuben Schuff to discus social communication and how to keep social and be productive with stuttering in a quarantined world. 

Loryn McGill M.S. CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist who specializes in treating people who stutter in her private practice, OC Fluency Center located in Costa Mesa, California.  She is adjunct faculty at Chapman University where she teaches the graduate course in fluency disorders.  She is the co-developer of the Childhood Stuttering Screening for Physicians (CSS-P) and involved with various stuttering self-help organizations. 

Reuben Schuff is a person who stutters, aerospace engineer, juggler, traveler and speaker. He lives in Los Angeles and actively participates with the stuttering community, including NSA, FRIENDS, and the StutterTalk Podcast. He believes that communication is intended to be a joyful part of the journey and works to spread this message through workshops, writing and speaking.

Links:

FRIENDS

National Stuttering Association 

CAMP SAY LA

Chaya Goldstein

Chaya Goldstein joins Peter Reitzes to discuss working with our stuttering during this challenging time. Chaya shares some exciting, virtual (online) resources for support and well being.

Chaya Goldstein M.A. CCC-SLP is an ASHA certified speech-language pathologist who works at the American Institute for Stuttering (AIS) in New York City. Chaya is also a person who stutters.

Peter Reitzes M.A. CCC-SLP is President of StutterTalk, a person who stutters, and a speech-language pathologist in North Carolina.

Links from today's episode:

* StutterSocial

* National Stuttering Association (NSA) Manhattan Chapter

* Samantha Gennuso morning meditation

* AIS free online event John Hendrickson

* AIS free online event Dr. Karen Dobkins

* Yale The Science of Well Being

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.

Marc Winski

Professional actor Marc Winski joins Chaya Goldstein to challenge the ongoing narrative of "overcoming" stuttering. Marc and Chaya discuss the latest Marie Claire article and People magazine article where stuttering is once again described as something to overcome. Chaya and Marc engage in a frank conversation about what needs to change in how we think and talk about stuttering.

Marc is a professional actor, singer and dancer in NYC, and a person who stutters.  Some of his credits include National Tours such as Grease and Hairspray. He was also a Mainstage Performer with Disney Cruise Lines. As a member of the stuttering community he is currently striving to give a voice and be an advocate for people who stutter in theatre/film/media/television. He recently appeared on an episode of “What Would You Do?” on ABC where he portrayed a waiter who stutters. Marc is fortunate to have been a member of the stuttering community for over 8 years and helped to start and reignite the new Midtown Manhattan chapter of the NSA. He leads an improv workshop for people who stutter and he hopes to give many more opportunities to show stuttering in the arts. He wants to thank his amazing ‘Stamily’ for all of their constant love, friendship, and support.

Link:

* NYC Stutters article in Medium - Stuttering: How to "Overcome" the Narrative

Contact Marc Winski:

* email: [email protected]

* Instagram: @marcwinski

Nina G

Nina G joins Chaya Goldstein in celebration of Nina's 10 years of comedy. The talk included Nina's story of how she became a comedian, the road she's traveled these past 10 years, the importance of a stuttering community, disability as empowerment, moving away from the "overcome stuttering" narrative, taking up space, bringing our full selves into relationships, her vision for 2020, and so much more.

Nina G is a comedian, professional speaker and author of Stutterer Interrupted. She has been featured in/on everything from NPR's 51%, BBC's Ouch, Psychology Today, Tedx, multiple day time talk shows, Howard (Stern) 100 News, and even the Stuttering John Podcast.

Nina shares her wit and wisdom with corporations, colleges, libraries, conferences, and community events. Her no-nonsense approach to disability awareness and acceptance helps to bring institutions, communities, and individuals to deepen their understanding of the disability and bring practical approaches to making a more inclusive society.

Nina G Links:

* Nina G website

* Reframing the Stuttering Iceberg

* Stutterer Interrupted book

* Once Upon an Accommodation book

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.

Rich Stephens joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss his experiences of approaches to stuttering in Australia, the support and obstacles he has faced setting up SAY: Australia, the start of their first creative arts programs, his plans for International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) 2019, and so much more.

Rich Stephens is the President of SAY: Australia, the first international arm of SAY: The Stuttering Association For The Young founded in 2001 in NYC by Taro Alexander. Prior to launching SAY: Australia in June 2019, Rich lived in Manchester, UK, and has a BSc in Speech & Language Therapy and MSc in Neuroscience & Neuroimaging from the University of Manchester. Rich first volunteered at Camp SAY in 2015 as a bunk counsellor, and is now bringing a new approach to supporting young people who stutter to Australia.

Jane Powell and Prince William

Jane Powell joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss smashing stuttering stereotypes.

Jane Powell is the CEO of the British Stammering Association (BSA), a post which she took up in 2018. Prior to this she founded the national UK charity CALM, the Campaign Against Living Miserably, a multi-award winning charity dedicated to reducing male suicide in the U.K. Jane ran this campaign from 2006-2017. Since becoming CEO of the BSA Jane has launched the Stamma Campaign, a campaign dedicated to smashing the stereotypes abut stuttering and changing the narrative of what it means to be a person who stutters.

Links:

* The British Stammering Association smashes stereotypes with Stamma campaign

* Stammering Is Still The Unacceptable Face of Disability

* Third Sector Podcast #8: Leadership

 

Dr. Michael Boyle

Dr. Michael Boyle joins Chaya Goldstein to discuss success in treatment, stuttering more being a sign of progress, being resilient in the face of difficulty, and so much more.

Michael P. Boyle, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is an Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Montclair State University where he teaches graduate courses in fluency disorders and researches psychosocial aspects of stuttering (e.g., stigma, disclosure, self-efficacy). For more information about Dr. Boyle's research, visit here.