Halife Tunç is a 23 year-old university student living in İstanbul but studying in Kayseri. During our interview, he shared his journey growing up with a stutter, how he deals with stuttering at university, acceptance and projects for the stuttering community. In addition to his studies, he works as a Turkish-English translator remotely for a company based in UK.
Halife Tunç is a 23 year-old university student living in İstanbul but studying in Kayseri. During our interview, he shared his journey growing up with a stutter, how he deals with stuttering at university, acceptance and projects for the stuttering community. In addition to his studies, he works as a Turkish-English translator remotely for a […]
Stephen Greene shares his personal experience with stuttering and what helped him gain more confidence and changed his mindset and the way he feels about it.
Sean Bw Parker (MA) is a British writer, artist, musician and academic specialising in cultural theory and justice reform. He has published a number of books and albums, won several awards – including a Koestler Arts platinum for play The Wolfstadt-Wire – and gave a TED talk in 2013. He holds BA and Masters degrees in Fine Art from the University for the Creative Arts in Surrey, and lived and worked in Istanbul for ten years until 2014 as a musician and teacher. He has given talks at Istanbul University, Kadir-Has University, University of Bristol, Bristol BIMM, and Brighton Science Festival amongst other venues; and has been published in Time Out Istanbul, Louder Than War, The Epoch Times, TS Eliot Foundation, CIEO, New Thinking, STAMMA and Cosmopolitan. He has appeared at the Brighton Science Festival, on NTV Turkey, Rise TV, and BBC Radio Wales; in documentaries by Richard Vobes and Dogs On The Run films, on Sky Arts and on various podcasts. He has interviewed Ed Harcourt, Kristin Hersh, Julie Burchill, Danny Macnamara, Garry Bushell and Ian Broudie amongst many other musicians and writers, was a music columnist for Turkish magazine the Multicultural Guide, and ran the Seafish music and arts venue on the Sussex coast (in 2016). He has been Editor of False Allegations Watch – a division of the Empower the Innocent organisation, affiliated with the University of Bristol – since 2022, and was born in Exeter in 1975. His latest book can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Compelling-Speech-Stammering-Sean-Parker/dp/B0BW2QM7NY/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Sean Bw Parker (MA) is a British writer, artist, musician and academic specialising in cultural theory and justice reform. He has published a number of books and albums, won several awards – including a Koestler Arts platinum for play The Wolfstadt-Wire – and gave a TED talk in 2013. He holds BA and Masters degrees […]
Raiani Sibien, founder of Stuttering Society, had a chat with Rutger Wilhelm, author of the book ‘Too Fast for Words’, about how she handled performing on stage and giving interviews as a singer/songwriter while stuttering. She also shared about stuttering at work and the journey of acceptance. Rutger is a person who clutters. If you want to learn more about cluttering, take a look at our interview with Rutger and his book, where he shares his journey with cluttering.
Raiani Sibien, founder of Stuttering Society, had a chat with Rutger Wilhelm, author of the book ‘Too Fast for Words’, about how she handled performing on stage and giving interviews as a singer/songwriter while stuttering. She also shared about stuttering at work and the journey of acceptance. Rutger is a person who clutters. If you […]
Rutger Wilhelm is chair-elect of the International Cluttering Association. Also, he is board member of the Dutch stuttering association and has served the board of the International Stuttering Association (ISA) in the past. Rutger has published a book about his experiences with cluttering: Too fast for words. For years Rutger was told by others that he stuttered. The fluency disorder had a disruptive effect on his life. To better cope with this, he attended all kinds of (group) stuttering therapies. Slowly he began to realize that he was “different” from other stuttering speakers. After he was diagnosed with cluttering many things started to fall into place. In this lecture he shares with you his personal voyage of discovery. We will discuss need-to-knows, tips, tools and strategies to better cope with the cluttering; on a mental and emotional level, or in interaction with others.
Rutger Wilhelm is chair-elect of the International Cluttering Association. Also, he is board member of the Dutch stuttering association and has served the board of the International Stuttering Association (ISA) in the past. Rutger has published a book about his experiences with cluttering: Too fast for words. For years Rutger was told by others that […]
Today marks exactly two years since I officially launched Stuttering Society. I remember the excitement just minutes before I announced that the website was live. Nobody knows the sleepless nights, the money invested, the challenges of finding good professionals, the work of creating content on my own, and all the effort I put into this […]
James Hayden is an HLA technologist, writer, and a person who stutters from the New Orleans area. James is the author of Dear World, I Stutter: A Series of Open Letters from a Person Who Stutters. His work has been published by The Mighty, The Stuttering Foundation, Stamma, Yahoo, and MSN. James has also appeared on several podcasts, presented at the National Stuttering Association conference, the Australian Speak Easy Association Virtual Conference, numerous universities, and was a speaker at TEDxOchsner 2019. He also serves as the chapter leader for the New Orleans chapter of the National Stuttering Association. Here’s a link to all of his articles: https://linktr.ee/jhayden93
James Hayden is an HLA technologist, writer, and a person who stutters from the New Orleans area. James is the author of Dear World, I Stutter: A Series of Open Letters from a Person Who Stutters. His work has been published by The Mighty, The Stuttering Foundation, Stamma, Yahoo, and MSN. James has also appeared […]
Prof. Dr. Henny-Annie Bijleveld is a Dutch professor, linguist and neurolinguist with a specialisation in the field of developmental and neurological stuttering. Currently, she works as a professor of neurolinguistics and stuttering research and therapy at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and is a member of the International Fluency Association (IFA), the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) and the Association Parole Bégaiement Belgique (APB Belgique). Prof. Dr. Henny-Annie is also a member of the scientific committee of the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL).
Prof. Dr. Henny-Annie Bijleveld is a Dutch professor, linguist and neurolinguist with a specialisation in the field of developmental and neurological stuttering. Currently, she works as a professor of neurolinguistics and stuttering research and therapy at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and is a member of the International Fluency Association (IFA), the International Association […]
Isabel Espinoza is a make-up artist and social media influencer based in Colorado, USA. Isabel started stuttering at the age of 17 and after ups and downs in her stuttering journey, she decided to be a voice and help other people with disfluency. In this interview, she talks about resilience, raising awareness, motherhood and how her daughter changed her perspective on stuttering.
Isabel Espinoza is a make-up artist and social media influencer based in Colorado, USA. Isabel started stuttering at the age of 17 and after ups and downs in her stuttering journey, she decided to be a voice and help other people with disfluency. In this interview, she talks about resilience, raising awareness, motherhood and how […]
Malachi Kanfer is the Cantor at Congregation B’nai Jacob in New Haven, Connecticut and he also serves as the Education Director for Yahad, the joint Hebrew School of Congregation B’nai Jacob and Congregation Or Shalom.
Malachi Kanfer is the Cantor at Congregation B’nai Jacob in New Haven, Connecticut and he also serves as the Education Director for Yahad, the joint Hebrew School of Congregation B’nai Jacob and Congregation Or Shalom.
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