commentr/StutterMarch 25, 2025

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Well, you are certainly entitled to your opinion. The fact is, there’s no “cure” for stuttering since It’s not a disease. Some stutterers may not realize it, but you can actually say anything you want to say with a stutter. It may just sound different or take longer. In that sense, it is quite literally just a different way to communicate. I understand that blocks can happen, which makes it much harder to say what you want to say, but blocks only happen because of years of reacting to stuttering with tension in hopes of avoiding the moment of stuttering. part of speech therapy is desensitizing the client to stuttering and then taking control of the stutter. Ultimately, the blocks will subside. Some people like to use fluency enhancing techniques, like stretching the first syllable of an utterance. I think most people would say that fluency enhancing strategies make them sound robotic though, so it doesn’t work most of the time. That’s as close to a cure as we have (but a cure is not the point IMO).

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Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & DisabilitySpeech & Stuttering

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Fluency TechniquesMedicalization / NeurodiversityBlocks & StoppagesPhysical Tension