Again a little late. I’m in the States now, visiting friends and family. I came here to see them and of course head to the NSA conference.
For this past week in stuttering, there are a few items — thanks to Twitter, it’s easier to find items of note.
Let’s start with the NSA conference — it starts on July 2nd, and the program is available online now.
Carolina Pediatric therapy posted about children and stuttering — and what to look for during development:
As your child is learning to talk between 18 months and three years old it is common to go through a stuttering “phase”. In most cases it only lasts a few weeks or months and is no reason for concern. So, when should you become worried that your child’s stuttering may be more than a phase? There are a few simple questions you can ask yourself that may help you determine when to call a Speech Pathologist for an evaluation.
Of course you can find a speech language pathologist through the Stuttering Foundation’s site.
The Mighty Snail posted a little rant about stuttering at the workplace.
I enjoyed this tweet:
It's so difficult to order coffee before I've had my coffee #catch22 #stuttering
— Carls (@Carlywads_) June 26, 2014
Do you stutter less when you have caffeine? I think if I have a lot of it, I get going pretty well and don’t stutter as much. But of course that’s a pretty subjective view …
I will admit that I need to start listening to way more podcasts.
That may be a focus of 2015 for me.
And lastly, please do head over to Reddit and check out the Stutter sub-reddit.
Tomorrow I’ll get into what I want to do at the NSA Conference. The rest of the week (and next) will likely be conference-heavy commentary. If you’re going, do send me a note/comment — we should meet up.
It’s entirely possible that I’ve missed things this past week due to travel and whatnot. So let me know!
Hello. I stutter. 