Back speaking with Christine Tournier on her Exploring Research for Clinical Practice podcast this month and reflecting on key influences in the development of stammer-affirming narratives that could possibly be helpful to the cluttering community. You can listen to the conversation here. Sam Simpson Redefining Stammering
Thank you Christine Tournier for your interest in my recent work developing a stammering-affirming practice framework. You can listen here to our conversation for the Exploring Research for Clinical Practice podcast, in which I give an overview of the development of Reflect in collaboration with Stuttering Commons, an app that visualises stammering with the aim … read more…
I am Nelly Penttilä, a docent in speech and language pathology, working at Tampere University, Finland. I lead the Kone Foundation–funded research project Did I Stutter?, which examines discrimination, ableism, and everyday inequalities related to stuttering in the Finnish context. Therefore, it was a privilege to open the 15th ISA World Congress for People Who … read more…
“This above all- to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” – Polonius, “Hamlet” Act 1, Scene 3 When you think of Shakespeare what comes to mind? If you are a person who stutters/stutterer, does it invite you or … read more…
Throughout his work, Dr. Chris Constantino explores different narratives of stuttering. Chris encourages us to think beyond those such as ‘Stuttering as Hardship’ and ‘Stuttering as Delight’, and to come up with our own narratives around stammering. My experiences with stammering pride, meditation and a smattering of Buddhist thinking have helped me form my stammering … read more…
Privileged to choose Dr Maria Stewart to discuss her work on the Stammering Collective and her readings of Emily Dickinson’s poetry for the Disorderly Voices podcast hosted by Patrick Campbell for Stuttering Commons. Maria has been a key influence in opening my eyes to the literary and cultural heritage people who stammer are born into. … read more…
Honored to be chosen by Conor Foran to take part in the Disorderly Voices podcast hosted by Patrick Campbell and Maria Stewart to discuss my chapter Looking Back, Looking Forward in the 2019 book Stammering Pride and Prejudice: Difference not Defect, co-edited together with Patrick Campbell and Christopher Constantino. You can listen to our conversation … read more…
As a speech-language therapist, a person who stutters, and a doctoral candidate researching stigma and representation, I often find myself navigating two seemingly distinct worlds: the clinical and the critical. The ‘Bridging Dysfluency Theory and Clinical Practice’ workshop series was the first training I encountered that deliberately built a bridge between these worlds – namely … read more…
How my personal experience inspired my research study To truly understand my excitement about this new project – and my deep commitment to researching the potential benefits of self-compassion for people who stammer – I need to share a little about how self-compassion changed my own life. Some of you may have read parts of … read more…
I have worked as a speech and language therapist with children, young people, and adults who stammer for many years and I have loved it. Being invited to explore ideas with people considering potential change in their life is a huge privilege, and as the one person in the room without lived experience of either … read more…