Here’s a list of books written by PWS or for PWS.
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Stammering Pride and Prejudice
Stammering Pride and Prejudice brings together new, empowering voices and opinions on stammering into one accessible text. Combining personal narrative, art, and disability theory, the editors document how society has historically disabled people who stammer and the diverse ways in which people have created novel and exciting understandings of their speech.
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Out With It
Out With It is an anthology of expertise and experience that sheds light on an ancient problem that today affects 60 million people worldwide. It is a heartwarming memoir and a journalistic feat, a story about understanding yourself an learning to embrace the voice within.
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Voice Unearthed
The primary message young children get in stuttering therapy is that they can and should manage their speech -- in other words, try to not sutter -- by utilizing speech tools and techniques. Is it possible that the anxiety this causes can create an even greater burden? Can that burden lead to excessive silence and disengagement -- a far greater handicap than the stuttering itself? Through personal narrative and extensive research, Voice Unearthed answers these questions with a resounding "yes!" It also includes practical guidance that helps keep children talking, while minimizing everyone's anxiety around communicating. Voice Unearthed frees us from the pointless, painful chore of counting speech errors and reminds us to keep our eyes on what truly matters. It's also a wake-up call for parents, professionals, and the entire field of speech therapy -- and a reminder to "first do no harm.”
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Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter
In Life on Delay, Hendrickson writes candidly about bullying, substance abuse, depression, isolation, and other issues stutterers like him face daily. He explores the intricate family dynamics surrounding his own stutter and revisits key people from his past in unguarded interviews. Readers get an over-the-shoulder view of his childhood; his career as a journalist, which once seemed impossible; and his search for a romantic partner. Along the way, Hendrickson guides us through the evolution of speech therapy, the controversial quest for a “magic pill” to end stuttering, and the burgeoning self-help movement within the stuttering community. Beyond his own experiences, he shares portraits of fellow stutterers who have changed his life, and he writes about a pioneering doctor who is upending the field of speech therapy.
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Stutterer Interrupted: The Comedian Who Almost Didn’t Happen
When Nina started comedy nearly ten years ago, she was the only woman in the world of stand-up who stuttered―not a surprise, since men outnumber women four to one amongst those who stutter and comedy is a male-dominated profession. Nina’s brand of comedy reflects the experience of many people with disabilities in that the problem with disability isn’t in the person with it but in a society that isn’t always accessible or inclusive.
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Every Waking Moment: The Journey to Take Back My Life from the Trauma and Stigma of Stuttering
In 2012, twenty-five-year-old Christopher Anderson laughed at the inevitable end of his marriage, cried when he couldn’t make a coherent phone call to get help for his ailing dog, and finally broke when he failed a once-in-a-lifetime interview to become an FBI agent. A debilitating stutter had sealed his destiny—until he decided to fight for his life.
Every Waking Moment is an intense, vulnerable, and insightful memoir showing how the struggle to communicate shapes the coming of age for those who stutter and what it means to accept yourstutter.
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Dear World, I Stutter: A Series of Open Letters From A Person Who Stutters
For most of his life, James has stuttered. As a means of processing his story and accepting his stutter, James decided to write a series of open letters to those who have been or will be on his journey with stuttering. These letters provided an honest and vulnerable look into the heart and mind of a person that stutters.
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VoiceS Unearthed: The Impact of Early Intervention on Those Who Continue to Stutter
Approximately 20% of children who begin to stutter will continue into their teen years - with or without therapy. As of now, there is little to go on to predict which children will persist. How does intervention with the goal of fixing impact those who are not fixed (and who else do we really care about?). That was the question asked of 60 individuals, most who found that recovering from early intervention became a greater challenge than the stutter itself.
VoiceS Unearthed provides an essential perspective that sheds light on a safer, more effective way forward for parents and speech therapists.
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Franky Banky: Tales of Mischief, Mayhem and Mirth
Franky Banky is a fox of many interests. Playing sports, painting, pie fights, inventing things, stargazing and he happens to speak with a stutter. But most of all, Franky Banky likes to go on adventures — which tend to turn into misadventures!