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From: Jessica A., Graduate Student
Date: 09 Oct 2007
Time: 16:01:09 -0500
Remote Name: 74.76.106.22
Mr. Paskievich, Your story is very inspirational, I'm sure not only to people who stutter but, to anyone who faces some difficulty in their life. I am a first year graduate student at The College of Saint Rose and currently attending the fluency class. I have not seen your documentary but certainly hope to in the future. I was wondering how you began to "seek out" people who stutter to be in your film? For example, did you just start asking people on the street if they stuttered, did you already know them, did you go to certain stuttering groups, or all of the above? On a more personal note, you mentioned that in TV and/or radio interviews, your fluent speech is "salvaged" in order to be put on the air. Now that you are more comfortable with yourself and your stuttering, have you or, can you even request that your stuttered speech be part of the on-air clips instead of them trying to "erase" your stuttering; and did that bother you? Thank you very much for your time and for sharing your story. Good luck with any future documentaries!