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Category: Personal Stories
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Published: Friday, 30 April 2010 17:15
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Written by Lee Heard
The following is an edited version of the presentation Lee Heard gave at the 2007 CSA Conference in Toronto, and also appeared in the Spring 2008 CSA newsletter.
Lee Heard at CSA2007
The Oxford Dictionary defines fear as “an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm.” This describes what we ordinarily feel when entering speaking situations with a stutter.
Our fear is not so much caused by danger, but by the expected emotional pain or harm to our self esteem that could be caused should our speech not go the way we planned. While fear lies just below the water in Russ Hicks’ Iceberg Anthology of stuttering, many of the emotions below it are enabled by giving into the fear. This is why in order to be free to live our lives as we choose we need to leave this fear behind.
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Category: Personal Commentary
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Published: Friday, 30 April 2010 17:13
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Written by Shelli Teshima
This article first appeared in the Fall 2009 issue of the CSA Newsletter
Shelli is a speech pathologist and a person who stutters. She became involved in the CSA to support other people who stutter by sharing her personal experiences, and to be a strong voice for people who stutter in Canada. She lives in Edmonton with her husband, Joe.
Shelli Teshima
Four years ago I was given an opportunity to be the national coordinator of the Canadian Stuttering Association. Upon reflection I realize that I did not know what I would be dealing with as coordinator, or what an impact the position would have on my life.
I thought I would lead a few meetings, send some emails, attend conferences and hopefully inspire others who stuttered to become involved in the CSA. Those would prove to be some of my tasks, but there were so many more duties that came my way and challenged me as a person who stutters.
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Category: Personal Stories
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Published: Friday, 30 April 2010 17:11
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Written by Jaan Pill
This article first appeared in the Fall 2009 issue of the CSA Newsletter.
Jaan PillMany treatment options are available for people who stutter. What follows are my personal opinions on this topic — based on my experiences, which may well differ from your own.My personal views do not represent the views of the Canadian Stuttering Association, of which I’m a co-founder. CSA neither endorses nor rejects any particular approach to dealing with stuttering.
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Category: Personal Stories
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Published: Friday, 30 April 2010 17:14
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Written by Scott Kerby
Scott Kerby
This article was originally published in the Spring 2009 issue of the CSA Newslettert
When I think of my chosen profession, and how it came to be, I see that being a person with a mild to severe stutter has played an important role in defining who I am and what I chose to do as an occupation. For the past twelve years, I have been teaching in the public school system, and currently, I’m a Special Education teacher at F.H. Collins high school in Whitehorse, Yukon. Before that, I was involved in instructing outdoor education and leadership programs based out of Toronto.
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Category: Personal Commentary
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Published: Friday, 30 April 2010 17:12
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Written by Jaan Pill
Panel Members
This article appeared in the Winter 2009 issue of the CSA Newsletter.
As people who stutter, we face challenges in the community, and in our careers. This article highlights presentations by five panelists at a Stuttering and Your Career workshop at the CSA national stuttering conference in Toronto on August 16-19, 2007. The workshop, chaired by Thomas Klassen, was held on Saturday, August 18, 2007.
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Category: Personal Commentary
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Published: Friday, 30 April 2010 17:08
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Written by Daniele Rossi
This article first appeared in the Fall 2009 issue of the CSA newsletter.
I am active in the podcasting community where everyone is encouraged to give presentations at conferences. I was eager to participate since my early days in the podcasting community, but having stuttered all my life, I automatically wrote that idea off as “I could never be able to do that”.
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