IASLT are delighted to celebrate, in the run up to International Stammering Awareness Day (ISAD), the launch of our Position Paper on Stammering ‘SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY - AN ALLIANCE WITH PEOPLE WHO STAMMER IN IRELAND’
“The stigma which people who stammer can experience, coupled with practices of discrimination underpin the need for public awareness and education, and the importance of SLTs’ collaboration with the stammering community. This paper supports the rights of people who stammer to experience living without discrimination, without the expectation to conform to a norm of fluency, while also acknowledging their right to seek increased fluency as and how they wish to do so” (Quote from PP "Speech and Language Therapy - An Alliance with People Who Stammer in Ireland")
This event is open to SLTS and all interested parties, including the stammering community, friends, allies, employers, educators, policy makers and all those interested in diversity, equality and inclusion.
Check in 9am, launch of position paper begins at 09:30am sharp
Venue: Trinity College Dublin, Global Room: Find the Global Room here
Launch of Position Paper
Introduction to the ethos of the Position Paper and its key recommendations, followed by contributions from our guest speakers on their thoughts on the theme of ‘Connections and Alliance’. There will then be a panel discussion.
12.45: Lunch and Mingle (lunch is provided)
(1.30: Lunchtime AGM for SIG in Stammering )
2pm: Chris Constantino will join us on-screen from Florida State University to present on, and explore with us “Stammer Affirming Therapy” (SLTS may register to attend this event remotely as a stand-alone event)
3.45pm: Conclusion
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Maria Stuart is Assistant Professor, School of English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin. As a person who stammers, Maria has a special interest in how stammering is represented and understood in literature, culture and creative practice. Among her many academic, publishing achievements, she was the Principal Investigator for the collaborative Wellcome-funded project ‘Metaphoric Stammers and Embodied Speakers: Connecting Clinical, Cultural and Creative Practice in Dysfluent Speech’2014'.
Maria is a contributor to "The Stammering Collective" a website which documents the flow and exchange of ideas shared during a series of workshops in 2021. https://www.thestammeringcollective.org/contributor/maria-stuart
Stephen Greene, who is a board member of the Irish Stammering Association is a stuttering advocate whose passion is being a voice in the community that creates a space where stuttering is understood and affirmed’. Among his many initiatives, Stephen runs the ISA ‘Speaker Series’ https://www.stammeringireland.ie/resources/speaker-series
He has a social media account “The Stutterverse” where he uses the medium of poetry to narrate an inspiring personal journey as a person who stammers and instigate change. https://www.instagram.com/the_stutterverse/
Conor Foran, is an Irish artist and designer based in London.
He co-runs a socially-engaged design practice called Take Courage with his partner Bart Rzeznik. Through his creative practice Dysfluent he explores how disability intersects with creativity and how art and design can instigate social change.
Among his many initiatives, Conor designed the stammering font which is used by the ISA in its communications, he publishes ‘Dysfluent’ a magazine which provides articles from stammering advocates across many spheres, he designed the Stammering Pride Flag in collaboration with others. Conor is a founder and designer of the ‘Stammering Collective’. https://www.thestammeringcollective.org/
Christopher Constantino lives in Tallahassee with his wife, Megan, and sons, Augustine and Sebastian. He is a speech-language pathologist and assistant professor at Florida State University. He works clinically with people who stutter, teaches classes on stuttering and counselling, and researches ways to improve the experience of stuttering.
Among his many initiatives, he co-edited the book Stammering Pride & Prejudice.
Chris who is a person who stammers himself, is a much-sought-after speaker and educator by those in the SLT community who wish to expand their understanding and practice in relation to stammer affirmative approaches to therapy. His empathy and understanding of the experience of stammering, his wholistic approach which supports those who stammer in strengthening their identity as a person who stammers, and his practical strategies on how to stammer with less struggle and speak with more joy and spontaneity are both inspiring and encouraging for the stammering community and SLTS. *Please note Christopher will be joining us on screen from Florida State University.
This registration page is for those who wish to attend the entire day in-person at Trinity College, Dublin.
This registration page is for those who wish to attend the afternoon workshop with Christopher Constantino ONLINE ONLY
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