Are you wondering if people like to distract themselves by using their phone or playing video games? Of course we “sorta feel better” after doing one of those things - but it does nothing to address the root cause. The root cause of blocking and avoidance bxs is fear from previous situations where a negative response to imperfect speech happened or was perceived to have happened. If you want to study something that will be impactful, code a way to measure listeners’ responses to different aspects of dysfluency (repetitions, prolongations, blocks, eye contact avoidance etc). Then, code for what the PWS thinks the listener is thinking (usually that they are being bullied, mocked etc). Thrn show how the perception is very inaccurate. This will help PWS have less fear of being laughed at, which will lead to less blocking/avoidance bxs