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Stutter versus ADHD in child Hi ! I have an almost 5 year old who has been experiencing disfluency ever since around when she started putting words together. (Possibly relevant, she experienced speech delay although is now mostly “caught up”, global dev delay, and her doctors/providers all think ADHD is very likely but they wait until 5 to formally diagnose). If anything the disfluency has gotten more intense with time. She sees a developmental pediatrician (who has an slp in office), private speech therapy and speech therapy through her school IEP. The dev ped office diagnosed her with stutter, and the school agrees with that assessment. Private slp says she does not believe it’s a “true stutter” and more related to her ADHD and distraction while speaking. My question is- what are the implications of “true stutter” versus “adhd speaking patterns”. Does the strategies speech therapy uses (and us at home) look different? Or is it more about how to label it -in which case I am not overly concerned with labels right now. I just want to make sure she’s getting the right therapies for what she needs!! Thanks