Stammering: time for a radical rethink?

RCSLT - Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

In this episode we are joined by a panel of speakers who discuss why it's important to reframe how society views stammering: moving from thinking of stammering as a problem to be solved, to one that celebrates and takes pride in difference.
Interviewees:

• Dr Patrick Campbell, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Kirsten Howells, Support Services Manager, Programme Lead for Adults, Stamma
• Jennifer Roche, Senior SLT and lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University

Resources:

• Stammering Pride and Prejudice by Patrick Campbell, Christopher Constantino and Sam Simpson (Editors), J&R Press, 2019 (Book)
• Find the Right Words campaign video from Stamma
• Editorial Guidelines for language around stammering, from Stamma
• Connecting with others who stammer, through online and in-person groups and professional networks, from Stamma
• Connecting with other parents of children who stammer, from Stamma
• No Diversity Without Disfluency campaign, from Stamma
• I don't need to be fixed - what I wish the world understood about stammering from Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

RCSLT resources:

• Automated telephone services: a statement from the RCSLT
• Twitter takeover by Paul O'Meara

The interview was produced by Jacques Strauss, freelance digital producer.