The 34th Van Riper Lecture Series – Communication Disorders: The Lived Experience

Join us Sept. 30 at the Fetzer Center on WMU’s campus for the 34th annual Van Riper Lecture Series. The theme of this year’s series is Communication Disorders: The Lived Experience.

Friday, September 30
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
WMU Fetzer Center
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Speakers Michael Turner and Gael Hannan will talk about living with communication disorders, how they raise awareness, and how they have worked with professionals throughout their lives.

Michael Turner is a filmmaker and a person who stutters. He was awarded the 2015 Oregon Media Arts Fellowship for his feature documentary about his experiences with stuttering,
The Way We Talk.

Gael Hannan is a renowned writer, humorist and public speaker on hearing loss issues. She grew up with a progressive hearing loss that is now severe-to-profound, and has been a hearing aid user for almost 40 years.