#70 Being Spontaneous with Dr. Christopher Constantino

TranscendingX - Raw Conversations and Practical Tips to Break Through Stuttering, Communication Fears, and Become Who You Truly Are

Christopher Constantino lives in Tallahassee with his wife, Megan, and son, Augustine. He is a speech-language pathologist at Florida State University. He works clinically with people who stutter, teaches classes on stuttering and counseling, and researches ways to improve the experience of stuttering. He co-edited Stammering Pride & Prejudice.

1:45- 3:04 Introduction / Bio

5:23 - 8:16 Spontaneity, Tension and Quality of life

8:58 - 10:44 Walt Manning - agency and autonomy in stuttering

11:24 - 14:25 Passing as fluent and the effort/attention it requires

14:31 - 17:33 Measuring the subjective experience of speech - degree of fluency and spontaneity

18:26 - 21:47 Feeling of loss of control; Traditional therapy and relapse

22:08 - 30:32 Moving from effortful fluency to spontaneity and the cost of fluency

30:50 - 31:58 Realistic goals

33:22 - 42:08 Neurodiversity, Pride around identity, and Quality of Life

43:11 49:05 Ramp of Access and Models of Disability

51:02 - 56:14 Treatment of school-aged children who stutter. Reframing goals…and advocacy.

56:46 - 1:01 Stuttering Gain

1:02 - 1:08 My Stuttering - Going into Battle - What I would tell my younger self…

Stammering Pride and Prejudice: https://stamma.org/news-features/stammering-pride-and-prejudice-book

Uri Schneider, M.A. CCC -SLP is co-founder and leader at Schneider Speech; creator and host of Transcending Stuttering; and faculty at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.

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