Sean Bw Parker (MA) is a British writer, artist, musician and academic specialising in cultural theory and justice reform. He has published a number of books and albums, won several awards – including a Koestler Arts platinum for play The Wolfstadt-Wire – and gave a TED talk in 2013. He holds BA and Masters degrees in Fine Art from the University for the Creative Arts in Surrey, and lived and worked in Istanbul for ten years until 2014 as a musician and teacher. He has given talks at Istanbul University, Kadir-Has University, University of Bristol, Bristol BIMM, and Brighton Science Festival ..read more

Today marks exactly two years since I officially launched Stuttering Society. I remember the excitement just minutes before I announced that the website was live. Nobody knows the sleepless nights, the money invested, the challenges of finding good professionals, the work of creating content on my own, and all the effort I put into this project while, in parallel, having a full-time job from Monday to Friday in an international organisation. But why did I put so much effort into creating Stuttering Society? Since I was a child I noticed that my speech was different. I knew exactly what I want ..read more

Raiani Sibien, founder of Stuttering Society, had a chat with Rutger Wilhelm, author of the book ‘Too Fast for Words’, about how she handled performing on stage and giving interviews as a singer/songwriter while stuttering. She also shared about stuttering at work and the journey of acceptance. Rutger is a person who clutters. If you want to learn more about cluttering, take a look at our interview with Rutger and his book, where he shares his journey with cluttering. The post Founder of Stuttering Society talks music career, public speaking, stuttering and acceptance first appeared on Stutte ..read more

Rutger Wilhelm is chair-elect of the International Cluttering Association. Also, he is board member of the Dutch stuttering association and has served the board of the International Stuttering Association (ISA) in the past. Rutger has published a book about his experiences with cluttering: Too fast for words. For years Rutger was told by others that he stuttered. The fluency disorder had a disruptive effect on his life. To better cope with this, he attended all kinds of (group) stuttering therapies. Slowly he began to realize that he was “different” from other stuttering speakers. After he wa ..read more

Prof. Dr. Henny-Annie Bijleveld is a Dutch professor, linguist and neurolinguist with a specialisation in the field of developmental and neurological stuttering. Currently, she works as a professor of neurolinguistics and stuttering research and therapy at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and is a member of the International Fluency Association (IFA), the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP) and the Association Parole Bégaiement Belgique (APB Belgique). Prof. Dr. Henny-Annie is also a member of the scientific committee of the Université Catholique de Louvain ..read more

Isabel Espinoza is a make-up artist and social media influencer based in Colorado, USA. Isabel started stuttering at the age of 17 and after ups and downs in her stuttering journey, she decided to be a voice and help other people with disfluency. In this interview, she talks about resilience, raising awareness, motherhood and how her daughter changed her perspective on stuttering. The post Makeup artist & digital influencer shares how motherhood changed her perspective on stuttering first appeared on Stuttering Society ..read more

Malachi Kanfer is the Cantor at Congregation B’nai Jacob in New Haven, Connecticut and he also serves as the Education Director for Yahad, the joint Hebrew School of Congregation B’nai Jacob and Congregation Or Shalom. The post Cantor Malachi Kanfer shares his journey as a musician who stutters first appeared on Stuttering Society ..read more

Matthew Cossolotto is an author, speaker and speech coach with several years of experience in public affairs. He is a former speechwriter for top officials at NATO and has been helping leaders and aspiring leaders to reach their full potential in the public speaking arena. During our interview, Matthew shared the key elements that enable us to better express ourselves and find joy in public speaking, despite the challenges of having a speech impediment. For more information, check out Matthew’s website: https://matthewcossolotto.com/home The post Author, speaker and speech coach reveals the s ..read more

Stephen Greene is a Social Care Worker (Disability Services) from Ireland. He is a person who stutters and is the former Chairman of the Irish Stammering Association and support group facilitator. Stephen is also a musician and is the keyboard player in his band. The post Stephen Greene shares his journey of stuttering acceptance, resilience and dealing with disfluency first appeared on Stuttering Society ..read more

Sam Simpson is a speech and language therapist and person centred counsellor with a particular interest in disability studies, stammering activism and what stammering can teach us about ourselves in the world. In 2013 Sam co-edited ‘Stammering Therapy for the Inside: New Perspectives on Working with Young People and Adults’ with Carolyn Cheasman and Rachel Everard, which set out to enrich professional accounts of contemporary stammering therapy by including clients as co-authors of therapy knowledge. In 2019 Sam co-edited ‘Stammering Pride and Prejudice: Difference not Defect’ with Patrick Ca ..read more