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That's hilarious! thanks for sharing. Yeah there were all sorts of crazy therapies. Silence/whisper therapy was another. We're still not there yet but we're moving a lot closer. And I believe we're se...

Man, I don't know what it was about stuttering specifically, but it pulled out some crazy treatment ideas. Van Riper was/is a really big deal because he was one of the first researchers in the field o...

I agree. I started using "um" as a filter word to help me push through a block, and now I'm saying "um" so much I probably look like a dumbass. Now I have to practice getting "um" out of my personal d...

Crazy former treatment of stuttering

Crazy former treatment of stuttering I found this tome called the Handbook of Speech Pathology And Audiology. I started reading some of the chapters on stuttering. In the chapter entitled "Sympomat...

Yeah I definitely find this is true. For me its usually Js, Bs, Ds, Cs, but it also depends what vowel comes after the letter. For example 'jam', no worries, can say that all day long. But 'Jenny, cou...

R's, especially with the distinct american pronunciation where the tongue doesn't touch the roof of the mouth....

Just gotta take care that your stuttering tricks don't become part of your stutter....

Second this. For years, my go-to phrasing trick was starting every sentence with "It's". It wasn't grammatically correct by any means, but at least I could get started on a sentence without blocks....

It varies between stutterers and over time. for many years, I've had rather consistent problems with 's', but that doesn't mean I don't have problems elsewhere too. Those are never terribly consistent...

Does anyone else only stutter on certain letters?

Does anyone else only stutter on certain letters? And only in the start of a sentence too. Like for example, I find it really tough to start a conversation with the letters W and D. And randomly other...

I hope i'm not coming off as a doomsday sayer. There are several people who have very and emotional reactions to this. and they're being far too reactionary. I'm just confused why SPA is making one ...

I think Pang's position is much less alarmist than other commentary. It's pretty close to my personal view. I hope you can see there's some differences with how he's framed it? Particularly about it b...

Im an exception to that rule :p...

Voon Pang wrote a piece on the [stuttering foundation's blog](http://www.stutteringhelp.org/blog/problem-one-size-fits-all) sums up my lingering fears about this. (He's from Perth and practices in Auc...

I'd love to type out a lengthy reply here but I have a 2 month old baby who needs my attention! Have you read [SPA's statement](http://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/all-latest-news/1997-budget-s...

By making Lidcombe the only reimbursable therapy for preschoolers who stutter they are effectively saying that Lidcombe should work for all preschoolers who stutter. They are not directly saying it, ...

The Australian government actually hasn't done anything here. No services are being restricted. SPA is not saying that Lidcombe works for everyone....

This is not true. I've never even heard that before. (I doubt the generation skipping thing is actually true for anything, really). ...

Stuttering typically develops relatively late. So if she is going to start stuttering it will be within the next couple years. If she does begin to stutter seek out a speech pathologist who specialize...

Causes of Stuttering Examined In Research First of its Kind

Causes of Stuttering Examined In Research First of its Kind ...