Celebration

Stammering activism and speech and language therapy: an inside view

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    This month Sam is guest blogger for the Did I Stutter? Project – you may read her blog here

Stutter-Affirming Therapy: Removing the Obstacles to Spontaneous Speech

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How can we help people who stutter come to understand stuttering as something other than the negative opposite of fluency? We can begin by exploring with them the mechanisms of ableism that position those with disabilities as inferior. People do not exist in a vacuum. Discourses that give meaning to our world pre-exist our births. … Read more

There is always an alternative!

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You could call me a supervision junkie. I love it! I always have. To be honest I find it hard to understand those who don’t feel the need for it as for me it is like oxygen. It is one of life’s essentials. Essentially it keeps me, a speech and language therapist of nearly 25 … Read more

Supervision at the fork in the road

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We all start out with dreams and ideas about how our careers will go. It’s hard to foresee when, where or why the forks in the road will come, but it is almost certain that they will. This blog post explores two key ways in which supervision helped me to negotiate a fork in the … Read more

Totally OK to Stammer at Work (1/2)

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 “Here comes Iain WWWWilkie” was the greeting from a fluent-speaking former colleague at a reunion party in a London pub last week. Ten years ago his words would’ve put me firmly on the back foot, but these days I grab such playground comments as an opportunity to talk about how enlightened employers are now viewing … Read more

10 Year Anniversary!

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Together we have compiled some images and reflections to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. For 10 years as intandem, we have:   Preserved our core values     Valued and invested in our relationship     Been consistent and flexible     Balanced work-life transitions     Collaborated and created links     Developed a voice … Read more

It’s time to take back our speech: Did I stutter?

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Cathy and Sam invited me to discuss the Did I Stutter Project, a recently launched disability activist project for stutterers by stutterers, created by myself, Zach Richter, and Erin Schick this summer. Put most simply, we are a group of stutterers who want to be heard on our own terms, with two main goals: 1) … Read more

International Stammering Awareness Day 2014: My Shout!

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Raising public awareness is rife these days. There seem to be colourful wrist bands and ribbons for almost every health and social issue you can think of, and stammering is no exception. Today, on International Stammering Awareness Day, you can mark the occasion by sporting a unique sea-green version. It may be a small gesture, … Read more

Reflections on my first BSA Conference: inspiration, connection, courage and community

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A week later and I am still feeling buoyed up by the positivity of the British Stammering Association’s National 2014 Conference, held in association with the Scottish Stammering Network in Glasgow. I was not sure what to expect as I made the long train journey north on Friday 22nd August, arriving just in time to … Read more