by WMU-Kalamazoo NSA | Oct 23, 2017 | Recaps
For the first activity, all attendees decorated a paper plate mask. The outside of the mask represented how we present ourselves to others, and how we think others perceive is in certain situations. The inside of the mask represented how we perceive ourselves on the...
by WMU-Kalamazoo NSA | Sep 22, 2017 | Recaps
In September’s meeting, we played an icebreaker game called “most deprived.” Everyone took about a dozen beads, and would start by stating something they had never done before, such as “I’ve never had a cavity.” Everyone who has had...
by WMU-Kalamazoo NSA | Sep 6, 2017 | Recaps
In June’s meeting, we wrote each other anonymous questions about the future, and then posed them to the group. We then dived into the past, reading and discussing the story of Demosthenes, an ancient Greek orator who (probably) stuttered. Taking a cue from...
by WMU-Kalamazoo NSA | Jun 14, 2017 | Recaps
This past month at our meeting we began with a discussion of Porky Pig as a popular representation of a character who stutters. Then, we created social circles and examined the level of support we experienced in each circle, as well as difficulties communicating...
by WMU-Kalamazoo NSA | Mar 18, 2017 | Recaps
We had an excellent meeting on March 15, 2017, with 12 total people in attendance. Five of those attendees were returning people people who stutter, and the remaining attendees were students. We watched Michael Turner’s film “The Way We Talk,” about...
by WMU-Kalamazoo NSA | Feb 20, 2017 | Recaps
It was great to see everyone at the meeting last week. Given that it was the 15th of February, we talked about relationships – and not just romantic ones! We started out by discuss which of the 5 “languages of love” we use in our interactions with...
