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commentr/StutterOct 24, 2021
6 points

There is little research because there is little funding. Unfortunately there is little funding because there is little profit to be made....

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Research & ResourcesMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 24, 2021
4 points

The problem is there’s not enough funding or general interest in stuttering treatments. It’s not looked upon as a serious disability. I personally don’t expect there to be medical intervention for a v...

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Research & ResourcesMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 24, 2021
1 points

Not talking about cure but greatly reduce or manage it But who knows , in the span of 1 years scientists are developing cures for cancer , hiv even blindness That is just in 1 years Imagine what wi...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 24, 2021
6 points

I am really optimistic about the future i believe that we will have effective treatments for stuttering at the end of the decade...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Hope & MotivationMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 24, 2021
2 points

First off you have to eradicate your fears of stutter, then you can check out this vid, whose main purpose is to teach you how to 'sing-speak'. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvYvikI58s0](https://w...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Situational VariabilityFluency TechniquesMedicalization / Neurodiversity
postr/StutterOct 21, 2021
37 points

Becoming a father soon and I'm terrorized...

Becoming a father soon and I'm terrorized... ...that my kid will inherit my stutter. Realistically speaking, what might be the chances my kid will not inherit this speech impairment? is it something ...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Genetic & Family FactorsMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 20, 2021
5 points

It is actually a mystery, cause stutter was a thing since a humans were born, and the fact that there is still no actually a 100% percents working cure says a lot, maybe there would be some cure if pe...

Identity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Medicalization / NeurodiversityCure Claims / Alt-Treats
postr/StutterOct 19, 2021
4 points

Intersectionality

Intersectionality the ever-popular lens by which society views one another, all too often exclusive to *physically* immutable characteristics. yet instead of showing our *audibly* immutable characteri...

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Identity & Self-PerceptionValidation & EmpathyMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 13, 2021
3 points

What is hurting me more than stutter itself is that there are not many relible researches hitherto and it seems like either stutter is really a very complex disorder or just SLP's not giving much rat'...

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commentr/StutterOct 13, 2021
1 points

If she was carrying out Morita therapy then you should've let go of her.If not,then I don't think it funny at all,just self-deceiving....

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 13, 2021
1 points

seems like more of a physical disability rather than neurodivergency although it may be caused by the same areas of the brain ADHD etc impacts...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Medicalization / NeurodiversityNeurological & Brain
commentr/StutterOct 13, 2021
2 points

Yeah but I hope the crime is on SLP's lack of devotions into stutter,not on stutter's complexities themselves....

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commentr/StutterOct 13, 2021
1 points

This is a great topic that is being discussed pretty heavily lately. Here are some great articles/resources. https://therapistndc.org/stuttering-is-a-type-of-neurodivergence/?fbclid=IwAR18cVNACgdO7Z...

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commentr/StutterOct 13, 2021
1 points

Because stuttering is a speech impediment. Neurodiversity refers to disorders that some people think are non-pathological, like autism and ADHD. Meaning that these people think autism isn't a disorder...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Medicalization / NeurodiversitySeverity & Fluctuation
commentr/StutterOct 13, 2021
1 points

>Speech-language pathology has its roots in elocution (speech perfection) stemming from the 18th century in England. In the United States, an emphasis on elocution continued but quickly shifted to ...

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Research & ResourcesMedicalization / NeurodiversityNeurological & Brain
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2021
10 points

I think it's slowly heading in that direction but stuttering is so pathologized and academia is still so far behind the times I think it will take a good long while before it's recognized as such. I t...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2021
11 points

I would definitely consider it a neurodivergency. I'll explain why based on my understanding of neurodiversity and the DSM-5: In the DSM-5, Childhood-onset Fluency Disorder (stuttering) is considere...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2021
4 points

I have been told my my therapist that I’m on the autistic spectrum, and I stutter sometimes. I believe that being on the autistic spectrum does make stuttering more likely at least because it can make...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2021
1 points

I don't think it is. It's neurological in nature, but I'm pretty sure 99.9% of people with autism or ADHD don't stutter. If it were correlated I assume it'd be way more common. Both autism and AdHD ar...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 12, 2021
6 points

It's really hard to say. I have a stutter and I have autism. My folk are pretty sure that my stutter came as a result of my lack of communication development when I was little - I only started speakin...

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