Redefining Stammering
@redefinestammer.bsky.social
Celebrating stammering as a legitimate & valuable way of speaking & an invitation to transform listening practices #StammeringPrideandPrejudice
Persuasive opinion piece by Josh St Pierre on reframing stammering to make pride possible: stamma.org/your-voice/r...
“Stammering pride is […] an invitation to be human, to inhabit our voice, and together to re-organise the world in more hospitable ways.”
“Stammering pride is […] an invitation to be human, to inhabit our voice, and together to re-organise the world in more hospitable ways.”
https://stamma.org/your-voice/ref…
January 29, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Persuasive opinion piece by Josh St Pierre on reframing stammering to make pride possible: stamma.org/your-voice/r...
“Stammering pride is […] an invitation to be human, to inhabit our voice, and together to re-organise the world in more hospitable ways.”
“Stammering pride is […] an invitation to be human, to inhabit our voice, and together to re-organise the world in more hospitable ways.”
Wishing all our followers, supporters & collaborators - past, present & future - a peaceful New Year! From international projects, collaborative workshops & a dynamic app to support reflection to a new book project, here’s to thickening #stammering-affirming narratives in 2026!
December 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Wishing all our followers, supporters & collaborators - past, present & future - a peaceful New Year! From international projects, collaborative workshops & a dynamic app to support reflection to a new book project, here’s to thickening #stammering-affirming narratives in 2026!
Last blog post of 2025! One of my personal highlights at the 15th ISA World Congress in Finland this summer was the powerful opening talk by Nelly Penttilä on why working against #ableism must be at the ethical core of speech & language therapy: www.redefiningstammering.co.uk/unfolding-st... Enjoy!
Unfolding stuttering: Why working against ableism must be the ethical core of our field – Redefining Stammering
Redefining Stammering, Sam Simpson
www.redefiningstammering.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Last blog post of 2025! One of my personal highlights at the 15th ISA World Congress in Finland this summer was the powerful opening talk by Nelly Penttilä on why working against #ableism must be at the ethical core of speech & language therapy: www.redefiningstammering.co.uk/unfolding-st... Enjoy!
Big congratulations JJJJJerome! “In JJJJJerome Ellis’s magical compositions, their #stutter is a guiding light. Pauses & repetitions spark new life, new ideas, new possibilities.” Insightful review of their latest album Vesper Sparrow @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n... 🌊🌊🌊
JJJJJerome Ellis: Vesper Sparrow review – shape-shifting composer taps the musical potential of their stutter
The New York poet and multi-instrumentalist uses granular synthesis alongside their ‘dysfluency’ to craft a moving meditation on listening, identity and freedom
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Big congratulations JJJJJerome! “In JJJJJerome Ellis’s magical compositions, their #stutter is a guiding light. Pauses & repetitions spark new life, new ideas, new possibilities.” Insightful review of their latest album Vesper Sparrow @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n... 🌊🌊🌊
An honour to be awarded the Jeremy Swain Partner Award this evening & to celebrate three decades of advocacy, activism, community building & collaboration fostering #stammering-affirming narratives & culture. Thank you to everyone who has supported me & contributed to this work over the years
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
An honour to be awarded the Jeremy Swain Partner Award this evening & to celebrate three decades of advocacy, activism, community building & collaboration fostering #stammering-affirming narratives & culture. Thank you to everyone who has supported me & contributed to this work over the years
Back home after an unforgettable 4 days of discussion, connection & celebration at the inaugural Voice & Media Festival of Dysfluent Representation in Montreal. Wonderful to break new ground & be part of stammering history in the making. Feeling grateful, nourished & hopeful
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Back home after an unforgettable 4 days of discussion, connection & celebration at the inaugural Voice & Media Festival of Dysfluent Representation in Montreal. Wonderful to break new ground & be part of stammering history in the making. Feeling grateful, nourished & hopeful
So excited that the Stuttering Commons handbook is now out in the world - an informative, dynamic online resource introducing Dysfluency Studies & exploring #stammeringpride, fluency privilege & transformative belonging. You can check it out via: www.stutteringcommons.org/handbook Enjoy! 🌊🌊🌊
Stuttering Commons Handbook
stutteringcommons.org
November 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
So excited that the Stuttering Commons handbook is now out in the world - an informative, dynamic online resource introducing Dysfluency Studies & exploring #stammeringpride, fluency privilege & transformative belonging. You can check it out via: www.stutteringcommons.org/handbook Enjoy! 🌊🌊🌊
We’re off! A joy to co-facilitate today’s @stammeringchildren.org mentor & mentee training sessions with Ria Bernard & introduce all the committed mentors to a fantastic group of young people who stammer. The openness, enthusiasm & level of engagement has been heartwarming #stammeringgain #ISAD2025
October 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We’re off! A joy to co-facilitate today’s @stammeringchildren.org mentor & mentee training sessions with Ria Bernard & introduce all the committed mentors to a fantastic group of young people who stammer. The openness, enthusiasm & level of engagement has been heartwarming #stammeringgain #ISAD2025
Very much enjoyed reading writer & filmmaker @celestinefraser.bsky.social’s insightful write up of the picnic & #stammeringpride march in Victoria Park, London this August - a thoughtful tribute to community & #stammeringgain: substack.com/home/post/p-... 🌊🌊🌊
When you stammer with someone
At Stammering Pride, dysfluency creates connection
substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Very much enjoyed reading writer & filmmaker @celestinefraser.bsky.social’s insightful write up of the picnic & #stammeringpride march in Victoria Park, London this August - a thoughtful tribute to community & #stammeringgain: substack.com/home/post/p-... 🌊🌊🌊
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Bias shows up not only in the actual content of what's said or written out loud. It threads its way through the very choices made. Choices of when to say something, of what not to say and why, of who to feature most prominently, and of how and where this stuff is shared.
August 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Bias shows up not only in the actual content of what's said or written out loud. It threads its way through the very choices made. Choices of when to say something, of what not to say and why, of who to feature most prominently, and of how and where this stuff is shared.
Back home after a whirlwind 4 days of connection, collaboration & conversation at the 15th ISA World Congress in Finland. Wonderful to see the global stammering community flourishing - & to have stocked up on some amazing @juststutter merch! Feeling grateful, nourished & uplifted
August 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Back home after a whirlwind 4 days of connection, collaboration & conversation at the 15th ISA World Congress in Finland. Wonderful to see the global stammering community flourishing - & to have stocked up on some amazing @juststutter merch! Feeling grateful, nourished & uplifted
Excited to be in Rovaniemi, Finland for the 15th ISA World Congress for People Who Stutter. Nelly Penttillä’s thought provoking Congress opening speech calling out ableism within speech & language therapy has set the stage for honest dialogue across international communities
August 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Excited to be in Rovaniemi, Finland for the 15th ISA World Congress for People Who Stutter. Nelly Penttillä’s thought provoking Congress opening speech calling out ableism within speech & language therapy has set the stage for honest dialogue across international communities
Lovely to be back in Victoria Park with the #makingwaves #stammeringprideflag team today for another #stammeringpride march - great turn out, enthusiasm & conversations with old friends & new (very much helped by Scatman’s Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)! Happy pride all!
August 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Lovely to be back in Victoria Park with the #makingwaves #stammeringprideflag team today for another #stammeringpride march - great turn out, enthusiasm & conversations with old friends & new (very much helped by Scatman’s Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)! Happy pride all!
Thought provoking NEW blog post by Jack Henderson on his groundbreaking ‘Shakespeare & Stuttering’ group programme challenging stigma & celebrating the deeper connection to the text & authenticity of performance making space for #stammering can bring: www.redefiningstammering.co.uk/shakespeare-...
Shakespeare, Stuttering, and Stigma: Strange Bedfellows No More! – Redefining Stammering
Redefining Stammering, Sam Simpson
www.redefiningstammering.co.uk
July 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Thought provoking NEW blog post by Jack Henderson on his groundbreaking ‘Shakespeare & Stuttering’ group programme challenging stigma & celebrating the deeper connection to the text & authenticity of performance making space for #stammering can bring: www.redefiningstammering.co.uk/shakespeare-...
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Inviting a person to explore something vulnerable needs great care & respect. It's not something to 'get right', you can do your best to listen, to give undivided attention, & to make space for someone to speak in their own way. It's muddling through together.
July 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Inviting a person to explore something vulnerable needs great care & respect. It's not something to 'get right', you can do your best to listen, to give undivided attention, & to make space for someone to speak in their own way. It's muddling through together.
Thoughtful NEW blog post by Mark Noonan reflecting on how #stammeringpride, Buddhism & mediation have shaped his stammering narrative: www.redefiningstammering.co.uk/stammering-a...
& inviting readers to consider their own narrative(s) & what stammering teaches them about themselves & the world
& inviting readers to consider their own narrative(s) & what stammering teaches them about themselves & the world
https://redefiningstammering.co.uk/stammering-as-…
June 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Thoughtful NEW blog post by Mark Noonan reflecting on how #stammeringpride, Buddhism & mediation have shaped his stammering narrative: www.redefiningstammering.co.uk/stammering-a...
& inviting readers to consider their own narrative(s) & what stammering teaches them about themselves & the world
& inviting readers to consider their own narrative(s) & what stammering teaches them about themselves & the world
Absolutely delighted to see #StammeringPrideandPrejudice translated into German & to extend its readership. TY @JandRPress for making this a reality #makingwaves 🌊🌊🌊
Very pleased to get our copies of the German edition of our title 'Stammering Pride and Prejudice' Looks Great!😀 @redefinestammer.bsky.social #stammering
June 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Absolutely delighted to see #StammeringPrideandPrejudice translated into German & to extend its readership. TY @JandRPress for making this a reality #makingwaves 🌊🌊🌊
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“I used to want to get rid of my stammer. Now, I don’t.” 💬
Lauren Burton shares how the ASC Mentoring Scheme helped her embrace her voice & stammer with pride.
📖 Read her story: buff.ly/XNk0BkA
📝 Apply to be a mentee: buff.ly/4CPIEBP
#StammeringAwareness
Lauren Burton shares how the ASC Mentoring Scheme helped her embrace her voice & stammer with pride.
📖 Read her story: buff.ly/XNk0BkA
📝 Apply to be a mentee: buff.ly/4CPIEBP
#StammeringAwareness
June 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
“I used to want to get rid of my stammer. Now, I don’t.” 💬
Lauren Burton shares how the ASC Mentoring Scheme helped her embrace her voice & stammer with pride.
📖 Read her story: buff.ly/XNk0BkA
📝 Apply to be a mentee: buff.ly/4CPIEBP
#StammeringAwareness
Lauren Burton shares how the ASC Mentoring Scheme helped her embrace her voice & stammer with pride.
📖 Read her story: buff.ly/XNk0BkA
📝 Apply to be a mentee: buff.ly/4CPIEBP
#StammeringAwareness
Excited to lead the second #StutteringCommons ‘Bridging Dysfluency Theory & Clinical Practice’ workshop today exploring the foundations & possible pathways of stammering-affirming shared world building. Very much enjoyed the reflective group discussions & enthusiasm regarding future directions
May 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Excited to lead the second #StutteringCommons ‘Bridging Dysfluency Theory & Clinical Practice’ workshop today exploring the foundations & possible pathways of stammering-affirming shared world building. Very much enjoyed the reflective group discussions & enthusiasm regarding future directions
What a life-giving evening @citylit.bsky.social in conversation with Josh St Pierre! Wonderful to see such a great turn out & level of interest. Very much enjoyed the thought-provoking Q&A questions, buzz in the gallery over drinks & welcoming new faces to the community #transformativebelonging
May 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
What a life-giving evening @citylit.bsky.social in conversation with Josh St Pierre! Wonderful to see such a great turn out & level of interest. Very much enjoyed the thought-provoking Q&A questions, buzz in the gallery over drinks & welcoming new faces to the community #transformativebelonging
We’re off! Thought-provoking first ‘Bridging Dysfluency Theory & Clinical Practice’ workshop today led by Josh St Pierre bringing stammering into critical focus & exploring the ambition & practice of stammering therapy through the lens of curative, inclusive & transformative belonging
April 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We’re off! Thought-provoking first ‘Bridging Dysfluency Theory & Clinical Practice’ workshop today led by Josh St Pierre bringing stammering into critical focus & exploring the ambition & practice of stammering therapy through the lens of curative, inclusive & transformative belonging
Are you an experienced stammering therapist interested in exploring how critical disability studies could inform your practice? Only 3 more days to sign up to the second iteration of ‘Bridging Dysfluency Theory & Clinical Practice’ starting on 28/04/25: app.groupize.com/e/bridging-d...
April 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Are you an experienced stammering therapist interested in exploring how critical disability studies could inform your practice? Only 3 more days to sign up to the second iteration of ‘Bridging Dysfluency Theory & Clinical Practice’ starting on 28/04/25: app.groupize.com/e/bridging-d...
HURRY! 1 more week to buy your ticket to hear Joshua St Pierre critique the terms of belonging as a bridge to connecting diverse political agendas within the stammering community. Don’t miss one of the most exciting & visionary voices in stammering today #StutteringCommons @citylit.bsky.social
Breaking news! Thrilled to announce ‘In conversation with Joshua St Pierre: Towards a world that stammers more’. Join us @citylit.bsky.social on 02/05/25 from 6.00pm to 7.30pm BST for a transformative discussion followed by a glass of wine: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers... Plse spread the word!
In conversation with Joshua St Pierre: Towards a world that stammers more
Eventbrite - City Lit - Events presents In conversation with Joshua St Pierre: Towards a world that stammers more - Friday, 2 May 2025 at City Lit (John Lyon's Theatre), London, England. Find event an...
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April 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
HURRY! 1 more week to buy your ticket to hear Joshua St Pierre critique the terms of belonging as a bridge to connecting diverse political agendas within the stammering community. Don’t miss one of the most exciting & visionary voices in stammering today #StutteringCommons @citylit.bsky.social
If you stammer, are over 18 & would like to learn more about self-compassion & how this can help re-story your relationship with stammering, then check out Ben Farmer’s blog about his current research project including links to contact him directly for more information &/or to sign up & take part
NEW blog post by Ben Farmer about the genesis & ambition of his current research project exploring the benefits of self-compassion for people who stammer: www.redefiningstammering.co.uk/the-potentia... If you are over 18 & stammer, please consider getting involved!
The potential benefits of self-compassion for people who stammer: My experience and a chance to become involved in the research – Redefining Stammering
Redefining Stammering, Sam Simpson
www.redefiningstammering.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 5:39 AM
If you stammer, are over 18 & would like to learn more about self-compassion & how this can help re-story your relationship with stammering, then check out Ben Farmer’s blog about his current research project including links to contact him directly for more information &/or to sign up & take part
Powerful NEW blog by Geneviève Lamoureux reflecting on her experience of the 1st ‘Bridging Dysfluency Theory & Clinical Practice’ workshop series: www.redefiningstammering.co.uk/bridging-wor... If you’d like to join the next iteration starting on 28/04/25 check out: app.groupize.com/e/bridging-d...
https://redefiningstammering.co.uk/bridging-world…
April 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Powerful NEW blog by Geneviève Lamoureux reflecting on her experience of the 1st ‘Bridging Dysfluency Theory & Clinical Practice’ workshop series: www.redefiningstammering.co.uk/bridging-wor... If you’d like to join the next iteration starting on 28/04/25 check out: app.groupize.com/e/bridging-d...