Stuttering Chat
My name is Stuttering Steve. I stutter. Over 60 million people stutter worldwide. I want to reach out for those people who stutter like myself who want to talk about their stuttering. I created a website a few months back,Midwest Stuttering Group Every Thursday at 7 pm -11:30 pm CST we have a stuttering chat. We talk about stuttering and how it effects our daily lives. I would like to encourage everyone who stutterers and SLP’s to join us.
I am the host of the new stuttering radio talk show on blogtalkradio.com. The show is called The Stuttering Hour airing every Friday at 8 pm CST. The number to call in is (347) 996-5059. I discuss several techniques I used in speech therapy and listen to the callers concerns and accomplishments. Please listen to the show and if you want call in please do so!
New Stuttering website
I just created a new stuttering website a few days ago. The web address is http://weacceptstutter.ucoz.com
It has alot of stuff on the site that relates to stuttering.
The Stuttering Hour
I am going to write on this blog about my new talk show called “The Stuttering Hour”. Its aired every Friday at 8 pm CST lasting an hour. I am going to talk about stuttering and how it affected us in our daily lives. I will take callers thoughout the show. The number you can reach me is (347) 996-5059. While I’m live you can also connect with the show by clicking on “click to talk” button.
The show started slow but has gotten some steam in the last few weeks. I am looking forward in talking to fellow stutters. Speech Pathologists are encouraged to call in as well. I will have special guest appear now and again. The site you can reach me at is The Stuttering Hour
When I was little…
I have stuttered all my life. When I was little I remember trying to talk and I had a very difficult time. I used to block at every word. The frustrating thing about it was that I thought what I was going to say and it was very fluent. However when I started talking I blocked and had a very difficult time. I had a very severe stutter back then. I have a twin brother Jeff who doesn’t stutter, in fact my whole family doesn’t stutter I am the only one.
In grade school I was very shy and introverted. I stayed away from any social activities. I didn’t have many friends. I had a very low self-confidence about myself and felt very uncomfortable around people. In fifth grade I was diagnoised with a learning disablity. Soon after I was going to a new school. The class was small and I soon I got a handle with my studies and did quite well. I met a classmate named Doug and we became friends. To this day 25 + years later we are still friends.
In highschool I went to speech therapy and showed me some speech techniques that has helped. Which I am grateful. However I was so comfortable in the sessions that when I went I didn’t stutter at all! But as soon as the session was over I started stuttering again. I have come to realize that once you are comfortable with yourself you will stutter less. At least in my case it did.
