| Yesterday we had a remarkable February Chapter Meeting, thanks to everyone that made it out.
Some announcements in case you missed our meeting last night:
– We’re still popular next month! We have a couple more stuttering panels coming up, if you are interested in participating contact David at deividmx@gmail.com to be part of them.
- UTD: March 5th 3-5PM
- TWU: March 6th 6-8 PM
– Spotlight of the Month is our Fundraising Chair Josh Sniderman. Thanks for all your work, Josh!
– We didn’t have a Chat and Chew this month, but March is already around the corner, be on the lookout!
Yesterday’s topic was “Perceptions of Mild Stuttering Within/Outside of the Stuttering Community”, based on an earth-shattering workshop at the 2013 Baltimore Conference.
How do people with a mild degree of stuttering perceive individuals with more noticeable stuttering? (and vice versa) Do you think that individuals with mild vs. noticeable stuttering avoid situations similarly/to the same extent? Why do some people who stutter mildly still feel shame, embarrassment, and avoid certain speech situations because of the fear of slight repetitions? We sat round table all night and hashed out questions, sharing personal anecdotes, and came up with some pretty interesting ideas.
Briana shared “people think that a lack of severity is equated to lack of problems”, while Josh wondered if there is “some degree of envy” between mild vs noticeable PWS. Brandon shared his powerful voluntary stuttering story at Target with us, where he asked an employee where the “shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhampoo” was, and said it brought him true solace when she didn’t hesitate slightly after he finished his sentence and kept eye contact the entire time. |
