commentr/StutterDecember 28, 2020

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I understand all what is being said. I was approved by Veterans Affairs to get the Speech Easy device. The deal was is they paid for the device, and I would pay for the monthly insurance fee or what ever it was. At that time everything was about to happen. Then I was informed by speech easy, that the veterans affairs could not pay for it. Unless it was caused by military service, which my stuttering was not. So that left me to pay for it. At the time I could not pay for the whole device. So I asked to make payments. Then I was told for this to happen my credit would have to be pulled, and I must have a score of at least 720. So that automatically disqualified me. Which really pissed me off, then once I found out the speech easy device was nothing but garbage. I was actually pretty relieved, that I never purchased it. As far as speech therapy? I never have trusted any of it. The last one I had told me to look at his wall, and all of those diplomas meant he knew what he was talking about. Yet he has never stuttered in his life. To me in my world that's like a Tesla Mechanic telling you how to fix your Ford Power Stroke or Duramax Diesel, just because he is a mechanic for Tesla doesn't mean he can fix anything. Same way with a speech therapist. This has lead me to accept my stutter how it is, and not want to hear the bullshit techniques or hey I had a family member who stuttered, maybe try stopping and slowing down, take a deep breath. That doesn't help all stutterers. Stuttering is like autism in the way that, every case is different, what may work for one stutterer may not work for the other.

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Therapy & ProfessionalIdentity & DisabilityEmotional Experience

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Assistive DevicesTherapy ExperiencesMedicalization / NeurodiversityHelplessness & Agency