Bridging worlds: Stutter-affirming therapy rooted in disability justice. Reimagining the clinical and the critical

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…

Wouldn’t you rather talk like us? A UK art exhibition making stammering history

What would a conversation between two people who stutter look like? As I write I am putting the finishing touches to a collaborative piece of work that Conor Foran and I have been working on for our upcoming exhibition at City Lit in London. The exhibition is called ’Wouldn’t you rather talk like us?’ – … read more…

The Power Threat Meaning Framework and the mental distress of stammering

I love to be jolted out of the way I see the world. To be given a new lens through which to look at things in the hope of discovering new patterns in the way the world works. I believe that the Power Threat Meaning Framework, the PTMF, offers a useful new way to look … read more…