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commentr/StutterJan 25, 2021
5 points

You have to be on a different planet to think that severe stuttering doesn't hold you back. You don't have to beat yourself up over it, but it doesn't help to be delusional about it either. I'll be h...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJan 18, 2021
2 points

Hopefully, you've also been seeing people saying that it varies (but for the most part, it's like that) - because there's certainly variance to consider. I know I try to present things that way, just ...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJan 18, 2021
1 points

>The other reasons include children generally having zero return on investment, so the stutter really wasn’t the deciding factor, but definitely a point that was considered. If generally children ...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJan 14, 2021
2 points

The [Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-5). Its used by psychologists to classify and diagnose disorders. Stuttering has been in it the last two...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJan 14, 2021
0 points

For most people it is a psychological disorder but mental disorder and the word mental in general has a negative stigma...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / NeurodiversityStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterJan 14, 2021
-7 points

As far as I know disability is for physicality, and a stutter is a mental disorder....

Identity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Medicalization / NeurodiversityNeurological & Brain
commentr/StutterJan 13, 2021
1 points

I do agree with you actually i was thinking about it the other day! and I don’t know why there’s not much research and a studies about it ! Sometimes I think they believe that one point of our lives w...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Research & ResourcesMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJan 11, 2021
4 points

Though there a few genes that are correlated to stuttering, it is very hard to identify why these genes can cause stuttering and basically impossible to modify these genes in a living person. As the c...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Genetic & Family FactorsMedicalization / Neurodiversity
postr/StutterJan 11, 2021
8 points

Unnatural selection

Unnatural selection I watched unnatural selection on netflix which tells about dna modification which lead to thinking could it be possible to modifie our stuttergenome🤔 any thoughts?...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Genetic & Family FactorsMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJan 11, 2021
3 points

Not a fan of overcoming stuttering with "hard work". Doesn't work for most people. I also don't like the show generally because it handwaves having black nobles in 19th century England with a very stu...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJan 10, 2021
3 points

Yeah I agree - the fact that it was focused on ‘overcoming’ it reiterated the harmful narrative of being fluent = the end goal of stuttering...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & PrideMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJan 10, 2021
28 points

Everything gets mocked. Personally I've never considered it a disability, as I've acheived the same and in some cases even more than my peers. And I consider myself lucky to stutter and, let's say, no...

Coping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Mindset shiftAcceptance & PrideMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
1 points

I agree and I can't see any logical reason why stuttering is incurable (I'm aware that there isn't a universal cure, yet, but I'm also pretty sure that a high level of fluency and low level of speech ...

Identity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional
Medicalization / NeurodiversityPositive Therapy Techniques
postr/StutterJan 8, 2021
6 points

Need Expert Feedback for a Cool New Tool!

Need Expert Feedback for a Cool New Tool! Hi Everyone, I am a grad student who stuttered quite a bit during my childhood and still struggle with some words. I always wanted to contribute something...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Research & ResourcesMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJan 4, 2021
2 points

Anyone can slip up on a word every now and then. It's very common in children but usually they grow out of it. I have met many people who told me that they "grew out of it when they were young" this i...

Speech & StutteringIdentity & Disability
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & ProlongationsMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJan 4, 2021
2 points

That’s actually really interesting, I didn’t know 1% of the population has a stutter?? I thought it was wayyy more common than that!...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterJan 4, 2021
1 points

There are many different types of stuttering such as blocks (cannot physical make the sound and stop maybe hold their breath) repetition, probably the most common. And prolongations of a certain sound...

Speech & StutteringAnticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Blocks & StoppagesRepetitions & ProlongationsAvoidance & Substitution+2 more
commentr/StutterJan 4, 2021
2 points

I have had one as long as I could remember. When I was signing me up for school she wanted me put in speech therapy. I was in it for a few years then they told my mom I stopped so they took me out of ...

Speech & StutteringTherapy & ProfessionalIdentity & Disability
Onset & Life-Stage ChangesSeeking TherapyMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterDec 31, 2020
0 points

>3.Any posts on the treatment of stuttering must include peer-reviewed scientific evidence. > >There is no known cure for stuttering that works 100% for everyone. Follow the rules when p...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Research & ResourcesMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterDec 31, 2020
1 points

Borderlines on self promoting. There is no cure to stuttering. Please reword your essay....

Therapy & ProfessionalIdentity & Disability
Cure Claims / Alt-TreatsMedicalization / Neurodiversity