 Is fluency a communication skill?
Is a stammer inconsistent with having "excellent verbal communication skills"? |
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Job interviews (remember also the 'Interviews' section in our booklet Stammering and Employment):
Succeeding in interviews - Terry Gillen's handout notes from our 2009 National Conference
Interviews can be enjoyable! (Summer 2009) - Paul Bond found what made the difference for him was being honest about his stammer.
The dreaded job interview: secret tips from an employer for people who stammer!
What employers really want from you at an interview - in this and the previous article, management trainer Chris Roach shows how you can give yourself the advantage by knowing what employers are looking for in an interview. (2005)
How to take control of job interviews - report of Terry Gillen's workshop at our 2002 conference. |
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Career Transition
"If you need careers advice, it's there. Do use it." From a workshop at our 2009 National Conference given by Colin Marsh, who is a BSA trustee and member of the Institute of Careers Guidance. |
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Minding your own business
What does it take to start your own business? Does stammering make a difference? Speaking Out spoke with three BSA members who recently started their own business in photography, craft retailing, and personal coaching. |
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Access to career
Andrew Harding reports on how electronic devices can be obtained through the Access to Work Scheme.
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Talkcoach launches into world of work
Drawing on their work with BAE Systems, SLTs Anne Ayre and Louise Wright have started a new company targeting the workplace. |
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Stammering on the radio:
Going live...now - Gareth Cottrell does live broadcasts in Leeds and Tameside (also Making Waves).
Live on air and loving it - by Mark Lawrence, a radio presenter living in Germany
Voice over - copywriting and doing voice overs |
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In the army:
Army gave support and confidence to communicate - Phil Lowes was able to succeed and found it good preparation for civilian life.
Stammering within the British Army - Steve Brown on his experiences, and how people who stammer can achieve their goals.
Not limited in the army - short comment from a soldier who has found the army supportive.
Stuttering blocks British army career - Lee Heard says his experiences have left him stronger and more motivated.
'I had to learn to stammer before controlling it' Charlie Barnes felt more comfortable patrolling Basrah in Iraq than starting the Starfish course. |
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Air traffic controlling
with a stammer! |
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An actor's life
As a stammering teenager, it may seem an impossible dream to become an actor. Simon Boughey talks about his journey onto the stage. |
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At the crossroads
As a law student wishing to go on to practise law, Adam Chaffer had to choose whether to train as a barrister or solicitor. |
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Call centres:
Never off the phone - job dealing with people's benefit claims over the phone
Coping with phone fear in a call centre - despite leaving the job she would do it all again. |
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Coming clean about stammering
By a corporate coach and trainer. |
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Content wins more Respect than Style
A stammerer's journey from low self-worth to high office. |
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Driving instructor at last
William Ingram explains how he uses the pressurised situation of driving instruction to his advantage. |
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Into the workplace
Ramesh Summan faces the challenges of moving into the world of work, communicating in a busy open plan office with new colleagues and clients. |
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Job talk
With experience of acting, singing, sales, and soon to be a therapist, Amy Leggatt insists that effective communication in one's job need not depend on fluency. |
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Keeping the wheels on
Paul Brown's positive attitude has not let his stammer stop him from building a successful career in motor racing. He is now a number one mechanic for Team LNT, and responsible for a GT2 car that was the winner in its class in Le Mans last year. |
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Made for the job - decoding the human genome is no obstacle with a stammer
A person who stammers is one of a team working on the human genome project. |
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No Ordinary Ordination
A BSA member is facing the call to the priesthood. |
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One day, Eric woke up and found that words failed him
With determination, Eric Norbury has now become a nurse and lecturer. |
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Out on a wing
Stand-up comedy with a stammer - Jaik Campbell on his 2003 Edinburgh Festival show. |
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Right - I'll prove them wrong!
Tony Stewart describes how he progressed from installation technician to professor of public health, starting with a rude manager. |
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Speaking as a librarian
Speech therapy has taught Mark Tynan how to be at ease with himself and his stammer. He puts this into practice when giving lectures to students. |
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Stammering at the Enquiry Desk
You don't have to be fluent to work at an Enquiry Desk. This article by Andrew Janes is based on a presentation he gave at the BSA National Conference in September 2009. |
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Teaching and lecturing:
Working with primary children - Lisa loves her work as a teaching assistant in a primary school (Autumn 2010)
In front of the class - Ramesh Summan talks about the strategies he finds helpful in his job (Spring 2010)
Beyond the imperfections - from speaking in court to being a trainee teacher (Autumn 2008)
Once more into the deep - teaching at a school for young people with behavioural issues (Summer 2009)
The Case of the Stuttering Lecturer - can stammering actually help you lecture? Grant Meredith was voted top lecturer at his university and 14th in Australia (Spring 2009)
Stammering in law lectures - by Michael Jefferson, a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the Unversity of Sheffield.
Right - I'll prove them wrong! - from installation technician to professor of public health. |
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Telling your managing director about stammering
Would you tell your managing director about your stammer? Mark Limbert was put on the spot and hoped it would not harm his career. |
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Why I work in marketing and communications
For Shakeel Suleman, having a stammer is a real disadvantage, yet one that has opened up other ways to communicate. |
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"Fluntering" - a new speech impediment
A BSA member has been refused a job because of stammering and shares his thoughts and ideas about disability and discrimination. |
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New guidance on disability
New guidance on the definition of 'disability' in Equality Act 2010 came into effect on 1st May 2011.
New laws on equality
Allan Tyrer outlines some of the changes in Equality Act 2010, replacing the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Also:
A new look at stammering and disability (2006, new guidance on definition of disability)
Reasonable adjustments - the need to know - Northern Ireland tribunal case (2010)
DDA case on appeal (2009) - employer has won appeal against the decision reported in Levelling the playing field for promotions'
Reviewing the DDA - a brief overview (2004)
BSA calls for wider range of stammering to be recognised as a disability, plus other updates on DDA (2005).
A more than reasonable adjustment - an employer paid for a course and BSA conferences (2004)
Public authorities to have greater duties in future (2004)
No discrimination please, we're European on October 2004 legal changes.
Employment tribunal win - on employers' DDA obligations to adjust selection interviews (2003). |
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Do interviewers have a right to discriminate?
People who stammer should have realistic dreams when it comes to employment, says Jim Day. |
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In brief:
BT's Open World - a postive experience of recruitment processes
Openness at work pays off - Paul Huxford emails colleagues on stammering
Growth factor - Simon Zipperlen |
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