101 Stuttering Links

Sophie Gustafson shares her stuttering

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Link #93: Professional golfer, Sophie Gustafson, from beautiful Sweden no longer hides her stuttering. I came across this New York Times article today where Sophie shares the detrimental effects of hiding her stuttering, including allowing her ex-husband to do her speaking for her. Below is a clip from last September where she shares her stuttering. [continue reading...]

The Disabled Listener: They can talk, they can hear, they just don’t listen

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Link #92: GREAT presentation about the stigma of stuttering and what us stutterers can do to change it. I was alerted to this excellent presentation by Sharon Emery, fellow stutterer who has a few words of advice for fluent listeners. And us stutterers. A few quotes I really liked: “Disfluent speech is almost always a [continue reading...]

Shaq stutters?

Sunday, March 11th, 2012

Link 91: Who knew Shaquille O’Neal stutters? I don’t follow professional sports however, being active in the stuttering community, it’s inevitable that I will find out who in professional sports stutters. Or “used to” stutter. This week I learned that Shaq Attack himself stutters. He appeared in a marketing campaign by Dove, the soap, aimed [continue reading...]

I was interviewed in The Globe and Mail!

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Link #90 Online hangout brings stutterers together is the headline for an exciting moment for me. I was interviewed in Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper. The topic was Stutter Social, the online virtual support group I co-founded with, David Resnick after pondering the extending of the NSA conference feeling to group video chats with Google [continue reading...]

I was interviewed on CBC Here And Now!

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Link #89: Here And Now is an excellent evening drive time radio show on CBC Radio One. I was interviewed today to talk about Stutter Social and the use of Google Plus Hangouts to unite stutterers around the world. I enjoyed out chat very much. We talked about how Stutter Social got started, what it’s [continue reading...]

Gerald McBoing Boing

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Link #88: Gerald McBoing Boing is a charming 1950′s cartoon about a boy who speaks in sound effects. I couldn’t help feel how much this can relate to stuttering. From the parents freaking out when he started talking (sound effecting?) to the social punishment to the happy ending where Gerald McBoing Boing uses his speech [continue reading...]

Stuttering Professionals

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Link #87: My new friend, Kyle Dunn, started up a blog with his friend, Jordan Michaels, called Stuttering Professionals. It’s a journal type blog where Kyle and Michael share their stuttering experiences and tips in the workplace. This topic and website has lots of potential and I can see it becoming a big force in [continue reading...]

Sh*t Fluent People Say… to People Who Stutter

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Link #86: My friend and world’s first (and only?) female stuttering comedian, Nina G, and her friend, Gina D made a stuttering version of the “Sh*t X people say” meme that’s been going around lately. In short, it’s hilarious. And pretty quick way to get the message across when talking to us. Great job, ladies!

Success and Stuttering

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Link #85: My friends, Pamela Mertz, Alexander Burday and Lisa Barone were interviewed on local television recently to send the word out to parents and fellow stutterers that you can be a success in spite of your stuttering. Way to go, guys!

Stuttering with the PoetPatriot

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

Link #84: “Stuttering with the PoetPatriot” is a page of poems and reflections about stuttering written by, well, the PoetPatriot! I think my favourites are Stuttered Stress, Voice Rejoice, Speak A Speech and Stuttered Justice. This is a great example of using your talents to help fellow stutterers and also spread awareness about stuttering.

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