‘Stutterer’ Wins Oscar

At the 88th Academy Awards last Sunday, the film “Stutterer” won the Short Film (Live Action) category. The 12-minute film follows a typographer, known only as Greenwood, who lives as a recluse because of his severe stutter. Although he loves words, Greenwood’s so afraid to speak that he learns sign language to communicate. Greenwood develops an online relationship, and the movie focuses on his reaction when the woman he’s been corresponding with wants to meet him. Tension builds as the London meeting approaches. Greenwood worries that she’ll break things off when she finds out about his stutter. In addition to the Oscar win, “Stutterer” won 10 other awards from festivals in Great Britain, Canada and the U.S. Read more on how stuttering effects people’s lives: Emotional responses to communication disorders—how we react to the continual threat of being isolated from friends, family, colleagues and peers—can run a complex gamut, sometimes over the course of a single day. It’s been a long, twisting journey for this adult stutterer. As he finally resolves to seek treatment, is it over? Just when these three professionals felt most defeated by their own communication challenges, they rallied to conquer them—and to share what they’d learned with others facing the same sorts of challenges.  
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Tags: News Fluency Disorders Language Disorders Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs