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MichaelWinkler
CavtatMay 7, 2007
TelfordSep 9, 2007
Michael WinklerMichael WinklerMember of BVSS, LV Sächsische Stotterer-Selbsthilfe (LVSS)Member of BVSS, LV Sächsische Stotterer-Selbsthilfe (LVSS)
Stottererselbsthilfe DresdenStottererselbsthilfe Dresden(Self-helping group for People who Stutter)(Self-helping group for People who Stutter)
PRO VOCE – Gesellschaft für Kommunikation und Sprache e.V.PRO VOCE – Gesellschaft für Kommunikation und Sprache e.V.
Stuttering – Stuttering –
Problem or Challenge for People who Stutter and Society?Problem or Challenge for People who Stutter and Society? Thoughts about the Role of People who Stutter in the SocietyThoughts about the Role of People who Stutter in the Society
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Saxony
12th BSA National 12th BSA National Conference Conference
Telford - September 9, Telford - September 9, 20072007
8th World Congress 8th World Congress For People Who StutterFor People Who Stutter
Dubrovnik/Cavtat - May 7, Dubrovnik/Cavtat - May 7, 20072007
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Dresden DrežďanyDresde
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MichaelWinkler
CavtatMay 7, 2007
TelfordSep 9, 2007
Short Introduction … Who I am?Short Introduction … Who I am?
Michael WinklerMichael Winkler born 1975 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz) – former born 1975 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz) – former
GDRGDR in 1982 – first class – a teacher told me that I stutteredin 1982 – first class – a teacher told me that I stuttered several speech therapists, several speech therapists, nono stationary stationary
treatment/therapy – treatment/therapy – „much of“ self therapy„much of“ self therapy
Author of some articles in the “Kieselstein“ Author of some articles in the “Kieselstein“ (journal of the BVSS – Association for PWS in Germany)(journal of the BVSS – Association for PWS in Germany)
Interests: Public Relations Interests: Public Relations (“lectures“, radio, TV -> plans for future)(“lectures“, radio, TV -> plans for future)Causes & psychological reasons ofCauses & psychological reasons ofstuttering, meaning of stutteringstuttering, meaning of stuttering
presently PhD student atpresently PhD student atthe TU Dresden (Cartography)the TU Dresden (Cartography)
consider myself as almost “cured” consider myself as almost “cured” (“healed”)(“healed”)
MDR, 20.01.2006
Me (aged 16, 1991)
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TelfordSep 9, 2007
Index of the PresentationIndex of the Presentation
The Stuttering Person and SocietyThe Stuttering Person and Society(Self-perception, problems in self-helping groups)(Self-perception, problems in self-helping groups)
Going back: “What actually is Stuttering?”Going back: “What actually is Stuttering?”
Positive (and negative) Aspects – Positive (and negative) Aspects – Advantages Advantages (and Disadvantages) – of Stuttering(and Disadvantages) – of Stuttering(Famous PWS, Stuttering as a Path, Stuttering as an Indicator etc.)(Famous PWS, Stuttering as a Path, Stuttering as an Indicator etc.)
Chief Cause “Fear”?Chief Cause “Fear”? … (if time allows) … (if time allows)
Practical things … Practical things … Questions & DiscussionQuestions & Discussion
Stammering & Stuttering
German
“stammeln” not knowing what to say
“stottern”not being able to say what one wants to say
mental challenge ?
psychic challenge ?
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The Stuttering Person and The Stuttering Person and Society Society The Stuttering Person as The Stuttering Person as
Human BeingHuman Being
Human Being
Being with a multitude
of capabilities & characteristics
Stutterer, stuttering person or stuttering human Stutterer, stuttering person or stuttering human being?being?
Stuttering
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Human Being
Stuttering
1. As what/who do I consider myself?2. How does „the society“ look at me as a PWS?
The Stuttering Person and The Stuttering Person and Society Society
The Human Being as Stuttering PersonThe Human Being as Stuttering Person
Being with a multitude
of capabilities & characteristics
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THE TWO PHASES (Faces)
OF STUTTERING
Acceptance
Deg
ree o
f „C
ure
“
What is (does) Cure (mean)?
Healing / Curing?
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The Society and I (the PWS)The Society and I (the PWS)
Stutterer/Stuttering
Person/Human Being
Society
PositiveChange of Consciousness
Therapy,Therapy,SHG, etc.SHG, etc.
„„Inte
rfac
e“
Inte
rfac
e“
Acceptance
Public Relations & Public Relations & Awareness raisingAwareness raising
Feeling of Isolation?Feeling of Isolation?Disturbed Acceptance?Disturbed Acceptance?
Disturbed Disturbed SELF-perception?SELF-perception?
Not enough (own) PR?Not enough (own) PR?Too little (own) Too little (own)
Acceptance?Acceptance?
No directNo directInfluence/PowerInfluence/Power
Using ideas from the PR branch – Edward L. Bernays “Propaganda” (1928)
Modern business must have its finger continuously on the public pulse. It must understand the changes in the public mind and be prepared to interpret itself fairly and eloquently to changing opinion.Chapter „Business and the Public“, p. 107
Civilization is limited by inertia.
Chapter „Propaganda and Social Service“, p. 147
Internet-Download: www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0303critic/030332.bernays.propaganda.pdf
Edward L. Bernays(1891-1995)
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Definitions – What is Definitions – What is Stuttering?Stuttering?
Stuttering Stuttering [(lat. [(lat. balbutiesbalbuties)], also known as stammering in )], also known as stammering in the United Kingdom, is a speech disorder in which the flow the United Kingdom, is a speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases; and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases; and involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds.unable to produce sounds.Definition according to Wikipedia Definition according to Wikipedia ((http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttering)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttering)
Stuttering is another way to speak.Stuttering is another way to speak.
Stuttering is a corrective for the unconscious use and Stuttering is a corrective for the unconscious use and conscious misuse of speaking in the societal life; … [just like conscious misuse of speaking in the societal life; … [just like not being able to talk for mute people.]not being able to talk for mute people.]
own definitionown definition
WHY?
Causes (passive) - PAST
Meaning, Use (active) - FUTURE
What am I doing right here, right now? - PRESENT
„We can understand life only backwards but must live it forwards. “
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855) Danish philosopher, theologian and writer
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Famous PWS …Famous PWS …
Moses, Aristoteles, Demosthenes, Claudius, I. Newton, Moses, Aristoteles, Demosthenes, Claudius, I. Newton, T. Jefferson, L. Carroll, C. Darwin, F. Kafka, M. Monroe, T. Jefferson, L. Carroll, C. Darwin, F. Kafka, M. Monroe,
Scatman John, J. Updike, B. Willis Scatman John, J. Updike, B. Willis (healed)(healed), R. Atkinson, R. Atkinson (“Mr. (“Mr. Bean“)Bean“), ,
J. Roberts, N. GallagherJ. Roberts, N. Gallagher (Oasis) (Oasis), G. Gates, G. Gates … …
Successful Successful despitedespite or or because of because of their their stuttering?stuttering?
Positive & negative Aspects of Positive & negative Aspects of StutteringStuttering
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• Better listeners?Better listeners?
• Fear of exams mainly focussed on speech? ”Bonus“ of Fear of exams mainly focussed on speech? ”Bonus“ of pity/sympathy?pity/sympathy?
• easier to get a withdrawal from (army) service? easier to get a withdrawal from (army) service?
• sympatheticsympathetic (showing weaknesses)(showing weaknesses), , cute, charming, ”sexy“cute, charming, ”sexy“ (!?) (!?)
• better self-perception and analysis?better self-perception and analysis?
• watches his/her fellow men more intensive watches his/her fellow men more intensive (but interprets the information “wrongly” – not advantageously – very (but interprets the information “wrongly” – not advantageously – very
often)often)
• Stuttering as sign post? …Stuttering as sign post? … (“Where fear is, there is the path …“) (“Where fear is, there is the path …“)
• ” ”easier“ self-search and – in the end – self-discovery?easier“ self-search and – in the end – self-discovery?
• ” ”stop of thoughts“ – involuntarily into a meditative situation?stop of thoughts“ – involuntarily into a meditative situation?
• Rolandisches Operculum – malfunction or advancement?Rolandisches Operculum – malfunction or advancement?
Positive (& negative) Aspects of Stuttering Positive (& negative) Aspects of Stuttering
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Advantages and DisadvantagesAdvantages and Disadvantages
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Fear can appear in various and sometimes very subtle Fear can appear in various and sometimes very subtle forms forms
self-perception (and honesty/sincerity) important self-perception (and honesty/sincerity) important
Fear ofFear of
- illness and death - illness and death question “Am I feeling ‘too good‘?“ question “Am I feeling ‘too good‘?“- unemployment - unemployment too much work too much work- boredom - boredom (negative) stress (negative) stress- being lonesome - being lonesome too much closeness too much closeness- getting “fat” - getting “fat” getting slim getting slim (fear of “starving” )(fear of “starving” )
- speaking - speaking not speaking not speaking (fear of silence even) (fear of silence even)
Aim: Equilibrium - BalanceAim: Equilibrium - Balance
Fear and StutteringFear and Stuttering
„First of all I believe that nothing is impossible,
and at the same time I could question everything.”
What is “Perfect balance” ? …“A perfect yogi can have strong imagination
and equally strong reason.”
Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950)Indian revolutionary, writer, philosopher, mystic
„There is no courage without fear.“www.filousophie.de
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TelfordSep 9, 2007
Practical thingsPractical things & … & …
• techniques to modify your speech & speakingtechniques to modify your speech & speaking
(soft use of voice, voluntary stuttering, etc. – e.g. van Riper, Hausdörfer, Richter) (soft use of voice, voluntary stuttering, etc. – e.g. van Riper, Hausdörfer, Richter)
• reduction of fear by PR work / awareness raisingreduction of fear by PR work / awareness raising
(information booth, InVivo exercises such as surveys, using the radio etc. – W. (information booth, InVivo exercises such as surveys, using the radio etc. – W. Wendlandt)Wendlandt)
• LiteratureLiterature (about stuttering, psychology, sociology, philosophy, fiction, ”esoteric“ (about stuttering, psychology, sociology, philosophy, fiction, ”esoteric“
books, etc.)books, etc.)
• Going abroadGoing abroad („get away“ from the used social environment) („get away“ from the used social environment)
• Breathing- and relaxation exercises, YogaBreathing- and relaxation exercises, Yoga (asanas, meditation) (asanas, meditation), , Biomeditation Biomeditation (Viktor Philippi – (Viktor Philippi – www.biomez.dewww.biomez.de), ), family constellationsfamily constellations, etc., etc.
• Not forgetting:Not forgetting: DISTANCE to the things DISTANCE to the things (letting go)(letting go) focus on SUCCESSESfocus on SUCCESSESHUMOURHUMOUR (laugh about oneself)(laugh about oneself)
LOVE for yourself and othersLOVE for yourself and others
„Love, work and knowledge are the well-springs of our life.
They should also govern it.”
Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957)Austrian researcher
(physics, psychoanalysis, Freudomarxism, etc.)
Making a survey on stuttering, 2006
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Stutteringperson
Family
Society
… … and again (own) Theory … and again (own) Theory …
The Human Being and SocietyThe Human Being and Society
Stutteringperson
Family
Society
Gesell-schaft
FamilieStutteringperson
Family
Society
Stuttering Person & Family &Society
Dissolving the borders
Individualisation (Ego)
Capitalism Emancipation, etc.
„Collectivization“Tradition etc.UrbanisationTransition Matriarchy/
Patriarchy, etc.
Collectivizationso-called Socialism
(failed so far)
newform ofSociety
Separation (Ego)
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Last but not least … Last but not least … At the Beginning of the 21th At the Beginning of the 21th
CenturyCentury
technical changes <-> technical changes <-> changing human beingschanging human beings
e.g. Telephone (flatrate), radio, television, Internete.g. Telephone (flatrate), radio, television, Internet
Transformation of the „Labour world“Transformation of the „Labour world“
e.g. so-called unemployment, basic incomee.g. so-called unemployment, basic income
……
How do I change myself/get I changed? Will I be changed at all?
Advantages/Disadvantages?
Challenges & chances for people who stutter?
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CavtatMay 7, 2007
TelfordSep 9, 2007
Example for a Example for a Awareness Raising CampagneAwareness Raising Campagne
I stuttered.
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TelfordSep 9, 2007
Last but not least … some Last but not least … some quotationsquotations
We don‘t teach values, we live them.We don‘t teach values, we live them.
Wir lehren keine Werte, wir leben sie.Wir lehren keine Werte, wir leben sie.
Original author unknownOriginal author unknown
We can‘t teach what we don‘t know.We can‘t teach what we don‘t know.
Wir können nicht lehren, was wir nicht Wir können nicht lehren, was wir nicht wissen.wissen.
(www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3626/is_200007/ai_n8892650)(www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3626/is_200007/ai_n8892650)
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TelfordSep 9, 2007
Bundesvereinigung der Stottererselbsthilfe & LV SachsenBundesvereinigung der Stottererselbsthilfe & LV Sachsenwww.bvss.dewww.bvss.de and and www.lvssh.dewww.lvssh.de
PRO VOCE – PRO VOCE – Gesellschaft für Sprache und Kommunikation e.V.Gesellschaft für Sprache und Kommunikation e.V.
www.pro-voce.dewww.pro-voce.de
[email protected][email protected].: +49-351-8107099 (Dresden)Tel.: +49-351-8107099 (Dresden)
Further documents under (mainly in German):Further documents under (mainly in German):http://http://hinweis.xtm.dehinweis.xtm.de/stottern//stottern/index.htmindex.htm
Presentation can be sent with email, Presentation can be sent with email, and also forwarded to interested people and also forwarded to interested people → → „Copyleft“„Copyleft“
Thank you very much for your Thank you very much for your attention attention … Questions? – Feel free … Questions? – Feel free
to ask …to ask …
„Life is worth being lived but not worth being discussed all the time.
Isabelle Adjani (* 1955)
French actress
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Sources & Copyright/CopyleftSources & Copyright/Copyleft
F 1 &F 1 & Aristoteles: Aristoteles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotlehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AristotleF 9F 9 Demosthenes: Demosthenes: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demostheneshttp://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demosthenes
Isaac Newton:Isaac Newton: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newtonhttp://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton Lewis Carroll: Lewis Carroll: www.mathematik.ch/mathematiker/carroll.phpwww.mathematik.ch/mathematiker/carroll.phpCharles Darwin:Charles Darwin: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwinhttp://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin (altes Bild) (altes Bild)Franz Kafka:Franz Kafka:
www.discoverczech.com/aproject/about/vir_fullsize.php4?tour=200&sight=pg&kteremisto=4www.discoverczech.com/aproject/about/vir_fullsize.php4?tour=200&sight=pg&kteremisto=4Marilyn Monroe:Marilyn Monroe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_MonroeWinston Churchill:Winston Churchill: http://www.congressionalgoldmedal.com/WinstonChurchill.htmhttp://www.congressionalgoldmedal.com/WinstonChurchill.htmJulia Roberts: Julia Roberts: www.ruggedelegantliving.com/a/002995.htmlwww.ruggedelegantliving.com/a/002995.htmlRowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean):Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan_Atkinsonhttp://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan_AtkinsonNoel Gallagher (Oasis): Noel Gallagher (Oasis): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Gallagherhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Gallagher
F 1F 1 http://trabant.shocauto.com/images/U2_Trabant_concert1.jpg; http://static.flickr.com/106/253399475_89d7aac940_m.jpg,
http://trabant.shocauto.com/images/Trabant_Limousine_front_corner1.JPG F 7F 7 Book Bernays „Propaganda“: Book Bernays „Propaganda“: www.amazon.dewww.amazon.de
Edward L. Bernays: Edward L. Bernays: www.eastman.org/ar/strip17/htmlsrc/muray_sld00009.htmlwww.eastman.org/ar/strip17/htmlsrc/muray_sld00009.html F 8F 8 Søren Aabye Kierkegaard: Søren Aabye Kierkegaard: www.cvm.qc.ca/encephi/contenu/philoso/kierkega.htmwww.cvm.qc.ca/encephi/contenu/philoso/kierkega.htm F 9F 9 Wolf Schneider:Wolf Schneider: www.wolf-schneider-sprachseminar.dewww.wolf-schneider-sprachseminar.de (altes Bild) (altes Bild) F 11F 11 Hermann Hesse: Hermann Hesse: www.schwarzaufweiss.de/Schwarzwald/unterwegs_im_nordschwarzwald.htmwww.schwarzaufweiss.de/Schwarzwald/unterwegs_im_nordschwarzwald.htm F 13F 13 Felsen:Felsen: www.filousophie.dewww.filousophie.de, , Yin & Yang:Yin & Yang: www.healingtherapies.info/images/www.healingtherapies.info/images/Yin__Yang.gifYin__Yang.gif
F 15F 15 TV show: TV show: http://www.mdr.de/unter-uns/2410181-hintergrund-268822.htmlhttp://www.mdr.de/unter-uns/2410181-hintergrund-268822.html
Wilhelm Reich: Wilhelm Reich: www.wilhelm-reich-gesellschaft.de/cms/img/orgonomie_wilhelmreich_170.jpg www.wilhelm-reich-gesellschaft.de/cms/img/orgonomie_wilhelmreich_170.jpg F 19F 19 Marilyn Monroe: Marilyn Monroe: www.germanposters.de/warhol-andy-marilyn-monroe-pink.jpgwww.germanposters.de/warhol-andy-marilyn-monroe-pink.jpg F 22F 22 Isabelle Adjani: Isabelle Adjani: http://louis.chatel.free.fr/images_blogs/stars_cine/adjani.jpghttp://louis.chatel.free.fr/images_blogs/stars_cine/adjani.jpg
All other images were designed and generated by the author.All other images were designed and generated by the author.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/de/deed.en_GB