The Paradox with Reuben Schuff (LIVE #30)

November 8, 2020 Uri Schneider

Conversation with Reuben Schuff

Scroll down for host and guest bio, additional resources, links, notes and more.

- Early years and growing-up

- Rocket engineering and stuttering

- Most memorable experiences

- Influential people in your life journey

- Obstacles and breakthroughs

- Wisdom to share with others in their journey

- Vision for the future

Reuben discusses growing up with the difficulties of stuttering. For instance, social isolation, miscommunication, being viewed as intellectually impaired.
Reuben delves into his motivation for exploration with space.
Reuben brings up formative experiences from his childhood that made him into the person he is.
Reuben talks about his career with aerospace engineering
He credits a speech pathology program at Purdue that helped him view stuttering in a different light.
Reuben mentions a paradox he has when he communicates.
It took Reuben 25 years to find joy in communication.
Reuben emphasizes that we should ask thought-provoking questions to get results/change (more of the counseling mindset)
Reuben briefly talks about the research he does in the stuttering community with the NSA
Ways the stuttering community can change and better advocate for those who don’t have a voice.

Reuben Schuff, MS, PE is an aerospace engineer, Person who stutters (PWS), space enthusiast, juggler, Toastmaster, and author. His contributions include being a formal family chapter leader with the National Stuttering Association (NSA), FRIENDS workshop leader, Camp SAY West Coast volunteer, Stuttertalk guest, host and author of Fluency: My Untrustworthy Friend (cross-posted to Indian Stuttering Association) published in the StutterTalk book and many articles for the annual ISAD online conference. Reuben serves on the NSA research council and is the consumer representative on the American Board of Fluency and Fluency Disorders.

Becoming Your Own SLP, ISAD Article by Reuben Schuff

Uri Schneider, M.A. CCC -SLP passionately explores and develops practical ways for us to create our own success story. Delivering personalized experiences of communication care informed by leading professionals and influencers, Uri is re-imagining the next-level of speech-language therapy for people to benefit in real life.
Uri Schneider, M.A. CCC -SLP is co-founder and leader at Schneider Speech Pathology and faculty at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.