commentr/StutterJuly 23, 2024

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Does anyone have the full video of [Evan Usler](https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=hpaHKlYAAAAJ) (PhD researcher)? (explaining NEW concepts of stuttering) ​ >**Video name**: "*Understanding Stuttering: The Value of a Simple (but not too simple) Explanation*" > >**Video contains**: Evan Usler, who developed a stutter at age six and did not outgrow it, collaborates on a five-year research project funded by a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The project aims to explore why some children’s stuttering persists into adulthood. > >Stuttering is often paradoxical in its signs and symptomology—often removing a sense of agency from not only the speaker, but also the clinicians and caregivers who seek to help. The good news is we know much more about stuttering than many assume. In this one-hour session, **Evan Usler, Ph.D.**, of the University of Delaware, explores the theoretical and clinical value of a simple explanation of stuttering. The purpose is to empower participants to deduce their own simple, yet evidence-based, explanations targeted to specific audiences, including people who stutter and their families. > >Dr. Evan Usler explains how developmental stuttering has been long known as a great mystery. Stuttering behaviors differ with considerable variability in manner, frequency, and intensity. Stuttering is often paradoxical in its signs and symptomology—often removing a sense of agency from not only the speaker, but the clinicians and caregivers who seek to help. > >Furthermore, recent research findings into the neurobiological complexities of the disorder (although exciting) may make us feel ever more confused as we descend down the rabbit hole of stuttering etiology. > >In short, this video explains how we make sense of stuttering.

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Community & SupportIdentity & Disability

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Research & ResourcesMedicalization / Neurodiversity