101 Stuttering Links

David Seidler Interview

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Link #78: David Seidler’s interview on Art Works, a podcast by the National Endowment for the Arts in the U.S. The Academy Award winning screenwriter of The King’s Speech shares his experiences with growing up stuttering and writing the movie we all love. David Seidler also shares something I didn’t hear before: his uncle was [continue reading...]

Marilyn Monroe talks about her stuttering

Monday, July 18th, 2011

Link #77: Marilyn Monroe talks about her stuttering. Here’s a 1960s interview with Marylin Monroe where she talks about her stuttering. And telling off a director for yelling at her for stuttering!

International Network of Entrepreneurs Who Stutter

Monday, July 18th, 2011

Link #76: International Network of Entrepreneurs Who Stutter. The name speaks for itself. Started by Karen Hollet, author of Hooray For Aiden, it’s a forum on Facebook for entrepreneurs who stutter. As of writing, it has 18 members and growing. You will need a Facebook account to participate.

Ottawa stuttering support group

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

Link #75: Ottawa Association for PWS. I asked my friend, Norm McEwen to end me a quick write up describing the PWS support group he attends Ottawa: The OAPWS (Ottawa Association of People Who Stutter) self-help group is relatively young. The past year was our first full year of anything that resembled an organized structure [continue reading...]

Stuttering – A Listener’s Guide

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Link #74: Canadian Stuttering Association co-founder and previous Stuttering is Cool guest, Jaan Pill, made a video of his fantastic presentation to the North York Kiwanis Club entitled, Stuttering – A Listener’s Guide, available to all to see. As the name suggests, Jaan discusses how to listen to us stutterers as well as the work [continue reading...]

Bal (Honey)

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Link #73: Bal. I’ve just been alerted to a Trukish film entitled Bal (Honey). While the trailer is a little vague in letting you know what the movie is about, the good people at the official website tells us tells us it’s a movie about Yusuf, a stuttering boy who accompanies his father in the forests [continue reading...]

Letting your stuttering shine

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

Link #72 Here’s a fellow stutterer who doesn’t let his stuttering call the shots. Boom Monk Ben is an independent music promoter and DJ who recently gave a talk at Glasgow University during SRC Media Week 2011. You’ll no doubt be inspired and motivated by the fact that Boom Monk Ben doesn’t hide his stuttering [continue reading...]

Stuttering retrospective by Dr. Alan Rabinowitz

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Link #71 I blogged about the super awesome Dr. Alan Rabinowitz in the past. This time around, it’s a collections of video clips by Schneider Speech featuring Alan’s thoughts on how stuttering shaped his self-image and the blessings it brought to his life. Man, I can totally relate to everything he shared. Plus, he shares [continue reading...]

My interview in the Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, January 29th, 2011

Link #70: Message received loud and clear: Critically acclaimed movie The King’s Speech strikes an emotional chord with long-suffering stutterers written by Carolin Vesley of the Winnipeg Free Press is an article featuring 3 stutterers. One of them is me!

Joe Biden’s advice to a fellow stutterer

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Link #69: A letter written by Joe Biden offering advice to a fellow stutterer! Back in 1994, an eighth grader raised his hand to ask then Senator a question during his presentations’ Q&A session. Upon hearing the student’s stuttering, Biden gave him a little advice in private later on. In a nutshell, his advice was [continue reading...]

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