The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) continues to offer a series of films during the 2022-2023 academic year. When I Stutter, the second film for the fall semester, plays Wednesday, September 28 at 7 p.m. at the Normal Theater.
This film serves as an educational precursor to October’s Stuttering Awareness Month and follows a young man on his journey through stuttering therapy. The relationship that he forms with the speech-language pathologist and the progress that he makes are truly heartwarming.
At the showing of When I Stutter, representatives from the National Stuttering Association (NSA) and Stuttering Scholarship Alliance (SSA) will describe resources available to persons who stutter. Attendees will see an interview conducted by department students with these individuals to gain a better understanding of the communication experiences of persons who stutter. Additionally, CSD faculty member Dr. Jean Sawyer will speak about the stuttering research and clinic efforts offered through CSD at Illinois State.
This effort is offered because the CSD Student Advisory Board (SAB) obtained a Fell Trust grant to fund a monthly film related to various speech, language, or hearing needs. The Normal Theater and Milner Library have partnered with CSD to offer these showings, free and open to the public. The goal of the film festival is to make different communication concerns more visible while spreading information and knowledge about them to the public. Moving forward, one other movie date is scheduled for the fall semester:
• In Our Right Minds on November 1.
All movies start at 7 p.m. Each film will have a community partner that offers resources to those who attend. A CSD faculty member will also speak at each event to offer educational information related to the film topic
Contact Tricia Larkin at (309) 438-5090 if you have questions about the program.
