Podcasts Health Transcending Stuttering with Uri Schneider #75 The Seduction of Fluency with Vince Vawter

#75 The Seduction of Fluency with Vince Vawter

Published: June 13, 2022, 10:30 a.m.

Vince Vawter spent 40 years in the newspaper business until his retirement in 2006 as publisher and president of the Evansville Courier & Press in Evansville, Indiana. Vawter\u2019s first novel, Paperboy, published by Random House in 2013, was awarded the coveted Newbery Honor. The book, which deals with a boy who stutters and who must throw his friend\u2019s newspaper route, has been published in 16 languages. It has sold more than a quarter-million copies. His second book, Copyboy, was published in 2018 by Capstone Editions. Since his retirement, Vawter has spoken at schools, education conferences and gatherings of PWS in more than 25 states. His books continue to appear on reading lists in schools across the country. He lives in Louisville, Tenn., with his wife of 49 years.

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0:00-5:15 Intro

5:15 -13:26 Finding Vince\u2019s voice

13:26 -19:21 Navigating public speaking

19:21-24:43 Attempting to not stutter

24:43-26:58 Preparing the \u2018My Stuttering\u2019 Manifesto\xa0

26:58-32:08Turning point/changing the narrative

32:08-33:35 Treat people, not problems

33:35-38:52 Stuttering is Overcome, not cured

38:52-44:57 Defining Vince's stutter\xa0

44:57-49:26 Defining young Vince's stutter\xa0

49:26-52:11 TS Toolbox Resources for Stuttering.\xa0

52:11-55:28 \u201cI am glad I stutter\u201d - Vince Vawter

55:28-56:15 Outro

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RESOURCE LIST

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MORE QUOTES

\u201cI am glad I'm a person who stutters. It makes me who I am. If I were given the choice at five years old I don't want to stutter. At 75 years old, I'm glad I stutter. It made me a stronger person. I'm fine with it.\u201d - Vince Vawter

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\u201cStuttering is what we do when we try not to stutter\u2026It's a stutterer\u2019s attempt to gain fluency. And in that attempt, they are causing a stutter.\u201d - Vince Vawter

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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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Episode Notes: See more on our blog

http://www.schneiderspeech.com/ourblog

and

http://www.transcendingx.com/podcast