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My Experience at the NSA Conference

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Category: Personal Commentary

Published: Thursday, 29 July 2010 15:04

Written by Rebecca Tasker

Rebecca Tasker

This July, Daniele, Carolina and I attended the NSA conference in Cleveland. We ended up taking a greyhound bus all the way and even though some parts sucked we saved some money and got to know each other a lot better. Carolina had been to NSA conferences in the past and Dan and I were the "First Timers". Not knowing what to expect i was extremely nervous and didn't really understand why, but once we arrived and everyone was meeting each other I felt alot better!

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Coping responses by adults who stutter, Part 2

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Category: Research

Published: Monday, 21 June 2010 14:39

Written by Lisa Wilder

This article is a summary and review, of the following article:
Article: Coping responses by adults who stutter: Part 2. Approaching the problem and achieving agency
From the Journal of Fluency Disorders, Vol. 34, 2009, 87-107
Authors: Laura W. Plexico, Walter H. Manning, Heidi Levitt

The primary purpose of this study was to understand the range of speakers’ coping responses to the stress of stuttering. Also pertinent was the impact that these various responses have on one’s daily life.

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Coping methods and strategies of people who stutter, part 1

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Category: Research

Published: Friday, 30 April 2010 19:08

Written by Lisa Wilder

This article is a summary and review of:
Article: Coping responses by adults who stutter: Part 1. Protecting the self and others
From the Journal of Fluency Disorders, Vol. 34, 2009, 87-107
Authors: Laura W. Plexico, Walter H. Manning, Heidi Levitt
The primary purpose of this study was to understand the range of speakers’ coping responses to the stress of stuttering. Also pertinent was the impact that these various responses have on one’s daily life.

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Review of Marty Jezer's "Stuttering: A Life Bound up in Words"

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Category: Book Reviews

Published: Thursday, 29 July 2010 14:45

Written by Rebecca Tasker

I have just finished a book that I think any person who stutters should read. It is called Stuttering: A life bound up in words by Marty Jezer. From the very beginning to the end you can relate to him as  a person who stuttered severely and still had a life!

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Notker the Stammerer

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Category: Personal Commentary

Published: Monday, 21 June 2010 14:29

Written by Lisa Wilder

Notker

Did you know people who stutter have a patron saint?

Blessed Notker of St. Gall, called Balbulus (“The Stutterer”) lived in the 10th century in St Gall, a famous centre of learning and culture in medieval Switzerland.

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What do People Want – Fluency or Freedom?

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Category: Research

Published: Friday, 30 April 2010 19:07

Written by Lisa Wilder

This article is a summary and review of the following:
Article: What Do People Who Stutter Want — Fluency or Freedom?
From the Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, Vol. 52, April 2009
Author: H. S. Venkatagiri, 2130 Pearson Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011.
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This article documents the method and results of a survey of people who stutter to investigate their preference for difference possible treatment options. One option presented is the Freedom Option, where the goal is to modify the stuttering and reduce the struggle to avoid stuttering by freeing the subject from concern for fluent speech. Contrarily, the more common approach that most PWS are exposed to is the Fluency Option, which aims to reduce or eliminate stuttering.

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