Hope everybody had a nice weekend. I had a good time going on a long bike ride which I’ll post on in a little while. Stuttering had a lot do with it … as it does with everything, I guess.
Anyway, one thing that I’d like to start doing is a link roundup. So here’s my first attempt. These are all worthy of a follow-up post (or 3) so those will come over the next few weeks. Some of these are slightly old (more than a week) but great nonetheless.
How People Who Stutter Thrive in Everyday Life
A nice write up by someone who stutters on the Stuttering Foundation’s annual gala.
Wahl writes, “The room we were in had an uplifting, comforting air to it. Everyone was welcoming. Everyone had a passion about the topic of stuttering whether it was conducting research on it, writing about it or simply working with others who stutter.
My heartbeat normally races in social settings but here, my heartbeat slowed. I felt at at peace in their company.”
Definitely looking forward to the NSA’s annual conference — I think it’ll be a similar experience for me.
While this blog hasn’t been updated in a while, there’s a recent post regarding teaching children. I’ve got three kids of my own, and I don’t stutter as much when talking or reading to them.
Stuttering Stanley writes, ” Some have asked me how can one be a teacher…with a stutter? For me, it is because I mostly do not stutter when I am speaking in front of others, especially with children in a teaching capacity, and I also stutter much less in professional situations. If you want to know the reason why, I am afraid that I can’t tell you.”
Exactly.
The iceberg analogy of stuttering was recently posted on the Stuttering Foundation’s facebook page. Here is more information about it.
I’ll have more on this because it’s basically what this site is all about — how my own iceberg has formed over the years.
And lastly, the conference schedule is out!
Hello. I stutter. 