Proud Stutter31 Dec 2021

Stuttering with Confidence: A Conversation with a Speech Therapist Who Stutters

Did you know there is a community of Speech-Language Pathologists who stutter? Bailey Levis, a speech therapist and proud person who stutters, is the founder of the San Francisco Speech and Fluency Center. Bailey’s approach to stuttering treatment is unique in that he centers his practice around acceptance, confidence-building, and goal setting.

Maya and Cynthia speak with Bailey about his stuttering treatment philosophy and what led him to become a speech therapist. Other topics covered include:

The positives of having a speech therapist who also stutters
An incident that stopped Maya’s dream of becoming a speech therapist
Avoiding certain classes
Neurodiversity
What advice would Bailey give his 8-year-old self?

Addendum for Episode 6 of Proud Stutter: When Bailey mentions the term "neurotypical" in the episode, he meant to use the term "neurodiverse."

(A full transcript of the episode is available here)

Quotes

At 5:45 - “As adults, we-we-we're gonna have to, you know, face our stuttering and manage it for our entire lives. But we don't have to let it stop us from living our lives to our fullest.”

At 10: 37 - “[Stuttering Therapy] is about identifying uncomfortable situations and helping people to be comfortable in those uncomfortable situations…it's all the things that we avoid doing in our lives or the things that we avoid saying, that's the disability.”

Mentioned in the episode:

Tik Tok clip - This Woman With A Stutter Is Going Viral After Filming Herself Ordering At A Drive-Thru, And Her Videos Are Raising Awareness About The Disorder

San Francisco Speech and Fluency Center - www.sfstutteringhelp.com

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