Search

commentr/StutterOct 13, 2020
1 points

I think tactics for very young stutterers are different, but that in itself wouldn't explain those particular approaches. It's not my understanding that we teach stutterers to pretend to not have a st...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionMedicalization / Neurodiversity
postr/StutterOct 11, 2020
3 points

TMS for stuttering. Anyone with a research background able to translate?

TMS for stuttering. Anyone with a research background able to translate? ...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Research & ResourcesMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 6, 2020
0 points

You cant be born with a stutter, you develop it....

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Genetic & Family FactorsMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2020
1 points

We might presume it's important for us stutterers to be able to express ourselves fully, and that we seek to do so via other channels than regular speech, which is so often frustrated by our circumsta...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionAcceptance & PrideMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 3, 2020
-2 points

i think its all about accepting your stutter as it not something you can cure only manage. so please do not feel pressured to stop stuttering. **God** grant **us** the serenity to accept the **thing...

Identity & Disability
Acceptance & PrideMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 2, 2020
1 points

You're more likely to find success in such a project if you generalize it into how people go about doing things, with various abilities and challenges and contexts and backgrounds and that sort of thi...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 2, 2020
2 points

>Stuttering can’t be cured That's a popular dogma without any scientific proof. The brain can rewire itself. Many people "cured" themselves (in case of stuttering, the word "cure" to me means that...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / NeurodiversityAcceptance & Pride
commentr/StutterOct 2, 2020
1 points

All of our brains are wired differently. To put it differently, "brain" isn't a box with a few variable configurations. It's literally a dynamical mass of expansive functionality with multiple ways of...

Identity & Disability
Identity & Self-PerceptionMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 2, 2020
1 points

Stuttering can’t be cured(you probably already know this), I’m not trying to be rude but your parents should do research into it. If they don’t understand your stutter how are they going to try to te...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & WorkTherapy & Professional
Acceptance & PrideMedicalization / NeurodiversityEmployment & Career+1 more
commentr/StutterOct 1, 2020
2 points

paul stamets says it helped him stop stuttering. It effect the brain so maybe some haywire going on for some people, for some it gets worse...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterOct 1, 2020
2 points

Maybe this comment was downvoted, because many stutterers actually don't want to change and make excuses, like "stuttering is incurable" or "this or that method is not scientific enough to try it". It...

Anticipation & AvoidanceIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionAcceptance & PrideMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterSep 26, 2020
1 points

The brain can rewire itself (see neuroplasticity) so there isn't any reason why stuttering couldn't be cured ("cure" means no speech fear and a speech that doesn't seem disabled to others - 100% fluen...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterSep 23, 2020
7 points

Look, he might have had a stutter at some point in his life, but its time to wake up and smell the roses. The man very obviously has diminished mental capacity. He cant speak or form coherent sentence...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Severity & FluctuationMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterSep 22, 2020
2 points

"Stuttering is not a disorder. You either got into bad speaking habits and developed a stutter or never really learned to speech correctly. " I'm sorry but I cannot disagree more with that statement...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterSep 21, 2020
8 points

Parents blame every ailment on screen time. There's no evidence to link stuttering and computing. I'm sorry to hear that it's having such as effect on you. I hope knowing that she's wrong and you kn...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2020
1 points

What "benefits" would recognising stuttering as a disability bring to us? Serious question...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2020
5 points

In Britain the definition of a disability of something that has a "significant, long-term effect on your life". They don't provide an exhaustive list of every single disability, and there's too many t...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2020
7 points

That is true, however, I have been trying to find where Speakeasy has sourced this information from, because I haven't found anything from any Australian government websites that definitively state th...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterSep 20, 2020
13 points

According to the Australian Speakeasy website, yes, yes it is. This isn't surprising as it's a disability in many countries. Although being a disability isn't really a binary thing. Disabilities ob...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterSep 19, 2020
5 points

it's true. and then there's the fact that you don't want to be pitied and seen as disabled by people and it's hard for you to stand that you might be (that's the thing which I'm personally working on ...

Emotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability
Shame & EmbarrassmentMedicalization / Neurodiversity