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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.

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Halife talks about growing up with a stutter, stuttering at university, acceptance and resilience

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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 […]

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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.

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Founder of Stuttering Society talks music career, public speaking, stuttering and acceptance

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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 […]

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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.

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Author Rutger Wilhelm: how I discovered I clutter and my journey with cluttering

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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 […]

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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

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Author James Hayden talks stuttering, hiatus, and acceptance

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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 […]

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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.

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Makeup artist & digital influencer shares how motherhood changed her perspective on stuttering

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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 […]

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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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Cantor Malachi Kanfer shares his journey as a musician who stutters

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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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Karen Dipp shares her journey and talks about stuttering: “Embrace your stutter. People will like you for who you are. Be you!”

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Karen Dipp shares her journey on stuttering acceptance and confidence: “BE YOU!”

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Karen Dipp shares her journey and talks about stuttering: “Embrace your stutter. People will like you for who you are. Be you!”

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Jurjen de Jong is currently the Chair of Stamily as well as an astronomer and data scientist, currently working for the Leiden Observatory. He started this association with fellow friends who stutter in 2018. In the end of 2020, Stamily became officially the association it is today. Stamily is there for and by people who stutter with the aim of connecting people and raising awareness about stuttering through varies activities and by maintaining an online environment, which functions as a safe space for its members.

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Interview with Jurjen de Jong, Chair of Stamily

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Jurjen de Jong is currently the Chair of Stamily as well as an astronomer and data scientist, currently working for the Leiden Observatory. He started this association with fellow friends who stutter in 2018. In the end of 2020, Stamily became officially the association it is today. Stamily is there for and by people who […]

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Tom Scharstein is a person who stutters and entrepreneur from South Florida, USA. He has maintained a high level of involvement in the stuttering support community for over 25 years. Tom is deeply honored to serve as the chair of the World Stuttering Network (WSN), and says, “This is the MOST exciting time to be a person who stutters! The pandemic has brought the world’s stuttering community together!”

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Chair of the World Stuttering Network (WSN) shares his story and perspective on stuttering

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Tom Scharstein is a person who stutters and entrepreneur from South Florida, USA. He has maintained a high level of involvement in the stuttering support community for over 25 years. Tom is deeply honored to serve as the chair of the World Stuttering Network (WSN), and says, “This is the MOST exciting time to be […]

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Stephen Greene is a Social Care Worker (Disability Services) from Ireland. He is a person who stutters and is the former Chairman of the Irish Stammering Association and support group facilitator. Stephen is also a musician and is the keyboard player in his band.

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Stephen Greene shares his journey of stuttering acceptance, resilience and dealing with disfluency

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Stephen Greene is a Social Care Worker (Disability Services) from Ireland. He is a person who stutters and is the former Chairman of the Irish Stammering Association and support group facilitator. Stephen is also a musician and is the keyboard player in his band.

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