Employment and stammering -- the work begins

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Excellent Article

From: Woody Starkweather
Date: 10/11/01
Time: 3:23:41 PM
Remote Name: 155.247.229.186

Comments

Thank you Andrew for an excellent article on an important topic. The discussion that it has provoked has also been enlightening.

Certainly, the issue of stuttering and employment gets right at the heart of the problem of public awareness. Increasing public understanding about stuttering is one of the goals of the Birch Tree Foundation, of which I am President. I mention this because I thought Judy Kuster's suggestion of a video of people who stutter in different job situations would go very far toward increasing public understanding. Although I would have to check with our Board, I think such a video would be a project that the BTF would want to undertake. The only difficulty would be that we would need to obtain funding, and videos are very expensive. Nevertheless, I am hopeful that we can have a discussion about this possibility, and since Judy is on our Board, she can take charge of the project!

Woody


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