#74 Advocating for People who Stutter with Maya Chupkov

Maya is a writer and storyteller whose work is rooted in social justice and narrative shift. As a woman who stutters, she is a stuttering advocate working to shift societal norms around stuttering and the disability community. Maya lives in San Francisco with her sister, fiancé, and doggie.   0:00-05:39 Intro 05:39-10:28 National Stuttering Awareness week and advocacy  10:28-13:58 Growing up with a stutter 13:58-17:37 Stuttering in the Workplace 17:37- 22:27 Self-acceptance 22:27-25:16 Bullying 25:16- 27:56 Covering speech differences in the classroom 27:56 - 32:51 Mentors in the stuttering community 32:51-37:39 Proud Stutter Podcast's mission. 37:39 - 45:16 Starting 'Proud Stutter' 45:16 - 48:56 Advocating with city resolutions.  48:56 - 52:01 Uri Schneider and the stuttering community.  52:01-53:03 Outro   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 and http://www.transcendingx.com/podcast