Jonty Claypole is Director of BBC Arts, Chairman of the arts centre HOME in Manchester, and was listed in the\xa0Bookseller's Top 100 Most Influential People. Although born in Australia, he grew up in London and now lives in east London with his family. His most recent project at the BBC was the landmark series Civilisations featuring Mary Beard, David Olusoga and Simon Schama.
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NOTES0:00-10:00: intro and growing up with a stutter, personal retrospective
10:00-23:00: why write this book, Words Fail Us; the real scoop with The King's Speech & King George VI; the wrong question and the right question; the "overcoming stuttering" narrative
23:00-29:07: stuttering: is it a disability or not?
29:07-30:00: stuttering in the workplace and in life
30:51-32:33: when is stuttering a disability
32:33-37:00: most admirable stuttering role models
37:00-42:00: the untold story of creativity and stuttering - in media and in the arts; let's start celebrating the creativity born from stuttering
42:00-50:31: Jonty's family and mum, and closing remarks
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HOST BIOUri Schneider, M.A. CCC -SLP\xa0is co-founder and leader at\xa0Schneider Speech; creator of\xa0Transcending Stuttering Academy\xa0and faculty at the\xa0University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.