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Voice and Media
How do we talk about stuttering, aphasia, autism, or Deafhood in our media, arts, and speech therapy?
Voice and Medias is a research-creation initiative born from doctoral work on the stigmatization and representation of stuttering that led to the Voice and Media Festival – a gathering space for multiple communities (stuttering, autism, deafness, aphasia, Tourette) exploring shared questions of representation.
Too often, these realities are portrayed through the lens of pathology. We believe it is both possible and necessary to imagine more nuanced, truthful, and empowering ways of seeing, listening to, and telling these stories.
In collaboration with people who stutter, we co-create training tools for media and healthcare professionals, develop awareness resources, and produce research-creation content.
Join the Movement
Let’s put stuttering on screen and reimagine together how we represent communication differences. We invite you to share your reflections through our participatory form, which focuses specifically on stuttering.
Whether you stutter or not, whether you work in media, arts, or healthcare, or you’re simply interested in these issues: your experiences and ideas fuel our work.
Interested in sharing your reflections on other communicative differences (aphasia, autism, Deafhood, Tourette’s)? Reach out at info@voixetmedias.org
News
The first edition of the Voice and Media Festival took place in November 2025, and we’re continuing! This section shares updates on our work: new resources, ongoing collaborations, post-festival reflections, and upcoming projects. Check back often to follow what’s unfolding.
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A Festival as a Calm Haven
A Festival as a Calm Haven My name is Ingrid Verduyckt. I am a researcher and professor in speech-language sciences. I am also a big sister. To explain what this festival means to me, I must first tell you about a storm. The world of language was, at first, a refuge for me. For as…
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Why This Festival?
Why this festival? The Voice and Media Festival was born out of a need: a need to better understand, represent, and bring visibility to the experiences of people with communicative differences. Too often, these experiences are framed only through the lens of “problems,” “disorders,” or “deficits.” Yet what we see, hear, and show also shapes…
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Stuttering on Screen
Stuttering on Screen On May 21, 2025, at the Carrefour des arts et des sciences at Université de Montréal, Stuttering on Screen took place, an evening of film excerpts and conversation exploring the representation of stuttering in cinema, including a panel with Judith Labonté, a speech-language therapist, and Renaud Ouimet, a person who stutters and…
Events
Talks, workshops, screenings, launches: we create spaces for dialogue and co-creation around the representation of communication differences. Check this section for our upcoming public events.