When I Talk, I Stutter: Meeting New People

When I Talk, I Stutter is an animated series informed by the lived experiences of children, teens and adults, that provides an overview of the daily life of a child and compares their typical encounters that often leave them feeling less than because of the way they talk and how the child’s quality of life would differ if their perspective of stuttering and that of those around them was non-ableist in nature. Help us implement changes within the school districts: https://blankcenterforstuttering.org/.... The Blank Center CARE™ Model offers a distinct, non-ableist approach to stuttering treatment that rests on the evidence-based understanding that when children, teens, and adults… 1. learn communication is not defined or limited by fluency, 2. learn to share about their stuttering meaningfully, 3. develop the resiliency needed to navigate adversity, and 4. are knowledgeable about stuttering, …they are empowered to Dream. Speak. Live.®   / blankcenterstuttering     / blankcenterstuttering     / the-arthur-m-blank-center-for-stuttering-e...   https://blankcenterforstuttering.org/ Special thanks to Alex Daman for inspiring the series title, who as a child brilliantly shared, “If someone tells me not to stutter, they are basically telling me not to talk, because when I talk, I stutter.”