#67 My Beautiful Stutter with Ryan Gielen

Ryan is the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at Believe Limited, a production company in Los Angeles. Producing credits include the new documentary My Beautiful Stutter, from executive producers Mariska Hargitay, Peter Hermann, Paul Rudd, and George Springer and the documentary Bombardier Blood from executive producer Alex Borstein.   00:05 - 01:33 Ryan Gielen intro 01:33 - 06:51 Focus of documentary: it's ok to stutter 06:51 - 11:43 Shift from fixing stuttering 11:43 - 17:54 Thunderbolt moment and idea for the project 17:54 - 21:24 Larger target audience 21:24 - 23:30 SAY organization – self-expression through the arts 23:30 - 32:54 Power of listening 32:54 - 39:23 Popular culture and stuttering 39:23 - 45:08 Role of SLP 45:08 - End Vulnerability of young people in My Beautiful Stutter   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.   Episode Notes: See more on our blog http://www.schneiderspeech.com/ourblog   Want to learn more? We help SLPs and people who stutter transcend stuttering. Learn more http://www.schneiderspeech.com/tsa