Stammering needs a louder voice

[Leys Geddes]

There is a new video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Fbw-_4WbQ which you may want to look at.

I spoke very slowly here, did some voluntary stammering when I feared a block was coming on and, when I felt as if I was going to lose the rhythm of my speech, I went into a sort of syllabic, system-restore speech. This seemed to work quite well but, of course, when this happens, you never know whether you have found the Holy Grail, or if it was just a good day!

Please let me know what you think; comments and suggestions are always welcome, because we need to work for change for people who stammer.

The original 'Stammering is no joke' video is now approaching 50,000 viewings. There was a lot more blocking in this one, but it didn't seem to matter too much, as it got the point over OK.


LEYS

[grantM]

Please let me know what you think; comments and suggestions are always welcome, because we need to work for change for people who stammer.



Yes we do but so few of us seem to care, they cry and complain a lot but seem to do little about it

[Leys Geddes]

G'day, mate. Yes, that is what frustrates me: there are thousands of intelligent people here, talking almost exclusively to each other. If only a little of that effort and intelligence could be channelled into communicating, somehow, with the Outisde World.

We had an article in the British Stammering Association magazine recently about an Aussie who stammered who had received awards for his ability to communicate so well. So, the point about this is that good communication does not necessarily = fluent speech. He went on to say that he often felt it was hard to be how everyone expected an Aussie to be, when his speech made it difficult for him to appear to be assertive.

I've recently come back from Spain and Morocco, where I spent a lot of time with two Aussie duathletes (run, bike, run), Raf Baugh and James Attard, who compete in Europe for much of the summer. Raf lives near Perth and is real WA diehard! He's got his own duathlon-centred website. James lives in Ballarat. Neither of these guys stammers, but they both have that great Aussie ability to go somewhere new and just be themselves and get on with people. We Brits are not so good at that because we tend to self-conscious. I think that may also affect how we feel about our stammering.

Hoo roo


LEYS

[grantM]

G'day, mate. Yes, that is what frustrates me: there are thousands of intelligent people here, talking almost exclusively to each other. If only a little of that effort and intelligence could be channelled into communicating, somehow, with the Outisde World.

We had an article in the British Stammering Association magazine recently about an Aussie who stammered who had received awards for his ability to communicate so well. So, the point about this is that good communication does not necessarily = fluent speech. He went on to say that he often felt it was hard to be how everyone expected an Aussie to be, when his speech made it difficult for him to appear to be assertive.

I've recently come back from Spain and Morocco, where I spent a lot of time with two Aussie duathletes (run, bike, run), Raf Baugh and James Attard, who compete in Europe for much of the summer. Raf lives near Perth and is real WA diehard! He's got his own duathlon-centred website. James lives in Ballarat. Neither of these guys stammers, but they both have that great Aussie ability to go somewhere new and just be themselves and get on with people. We Brits are not so good at that because we tend to self-conscious. I think that may also affect how we feel about our stammering.

Hoo roo


LEYS


Hmm I recently had a story in the BSA magazine about a lecturing award I won and I live in Ballarat!

[Leys Geddes]

Hmm I recently had a story in the BSA magazine about a lecturing award I won and I live in Ballarat!


Well, I'm glad I remembered and I'm surprised and delighted to meet you here! I've checked my back copies just now and there's your smiling face, on page 6. I'm on the back page of that issue, looking a lot grumpier than you. How did the Editor of Speaking Out, Allan Tyrer, find out about you? And do you belong to the Australian Speak Easy Association?

LEYS

[Zachary]

Good job on your video. You sounded great in it. Your technique seemed somewhat similar to HCRI's fluency shaping technique. One of the differences being you just used it when you needed it, which produced a much more natural flow of speech. The times when you did kick in your "syllabic system restore" function, it sounded as if you were trying to emphasize a point. It added a very interesting element to your speech. I agree with you as well, there needs to be more done to make stuttering a mainstream topic. Though Grant is correct, I think a lot of our negative posts can be used to for our benefit. Its just a matter of getting the person to take a risk and allowing a few of us to use their experience as a platform to launch a front.

:D

[urbanmermaid]

There is a new video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Fbw-_4WbQ which you may want to look at.

I spoke very slowly here, did some voluntary stammering when I feared a block was coming on and, when I felt as if I was going to lose the rhythm of my speech, I went into a sort of syllabic, system-restore speech. This seemed to work quite well but, of course, when this happens, you never know whether you have found the Holy Grail, or if it was just a good day!

Please let me know what you think; comments and suggestions are always welcome, because we need to work for change for people who stammer.

The original 'Stammering is no joke' video is now approaching 50,000 viewings. There was a lot more blocking in this one, but it didn't seem to matter too much, as it got the point over OK.


LEYS

Hey :) I came across one of your videos on youtube the other day and commented on it. My id on youtube is urbnmermaid. Glad to see you on here too :)

[Leys Geddes]

Yes, hi, nice to kind of see you again. May I call you urbn? Stuttering Chat, STUTT-L, The Stuttering Brain, The Stuttering Hub and Stutter Talk are some other good places to go.


LEYS

[grantM]

Hey gald to meet you here to Leys. I am only a recent Speak Easy member although I do now have a regular section in each quarterly magazine. I will be speaking at the convention next year in Sydney