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commentr/StutterDec 25, 2019
1 points

Stuttering is considered a disability. There are certain people who have such a sever stutter that it incapacitates them from communicating at all, which is necessary in most societies. Also, since ...

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commentr/StutterDec 25, 2019
1 points

Answer me please. Can a single person in the whole world walk while being alone? :))) I really don't think that stuttering is a physical disability. And Hooray, Alexa now has a stutter mode. I can l...

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commentr/StutterDec 24, 2019
2 points

I stutter and I just did a video on this. these companies should atleast make these more usable for those with speech disabilities. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D61Kk6tY430&t=44s](https://ww...

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commentr/StutterDec 14, 2019
1 points

William Parry’s program “Valsalva Stuttering Therapy” has the best explanation for this in my opinion. As a person who stutters and an SLP, it’s the program I have had the most personal success with a...

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commentr/StutterDec 9, 2019
1 points

Um, no it isn’t. Some cases of stuttering really are genuinely rooted in biology/genetics. Me, for example. I’m almost 30 and have had a severe stutter ever since childhood. No amount of speech therap...

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commentr/StutterDec 8, 2019
2 points

Stuttering/stammering is its own thing. No consensus indicates otherwise. Of course, you should probably get the other things you mention checked out, just to see if something separate might be going...

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commentr/StutterDec 7, 2019
9 points

Not all cases of stuttering are psychologically-based. This was debunked a while ago. In many cases, there’s a strong physiological or neurochemical component. Personally, I could be completely rela...

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commentr/StutterDec 6, 2019
1 points

Talking to yourself is a low stress activity that doesn't trigger your stuttering treshold in the brain. It's also not communication. Stuttering is a more a communication disorder than a speech disord...

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commentr/StutterDec 6, 2019
2 points

*You mention suicide, so I have to mention r/SuicideWatch.* ---   A couple of remarks here, if I may.   >living life with a 10 year old vocabulary because I can’t say other w...

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commentr/StutterDec 2, 2019
1 points

There are different types of stutters; Developmental, Psychogenic, and Neurogenic. Yours seem to either be Psychogenic or Developmental, you can't dismiss your stutter just because you "developed" it....

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commentr/StutterNov 30, 2019
3 points

I stutter alone, with animals and with kids. But I can sing fluently tho. Anyone thought of maybe stuttering is a sort of migraine? 😲...

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commentr/StutterNov 29, 2019
2 points

yeah that's why stuttering is not a DISABILITY but an interference to the speech ability...

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commentr/StutterNov 27, 2019
2 points

I know for many stutterers, and especially me, just knowing it and acknowledging it is really all you need to do. My stutter isn't me being nervous, weird, or dumb. It's a speech impediment and that...

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postr/StutterNov 26, 2019
7 points

which pws are privileged?

which pws are privileged? I attended a stuttering seminar. The researcher referred to anyone Caucasian as "privileged." I ask: "Can someone with a disability be considered privileged?" If stutteri...

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commentr/StutterNov 22, 2019
2 points

yeah reminds of this SLP here arguing with me here saying that stuttering is NOT a learned behavior you are doing good buddy good luck...

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commentr/StutterNov 17, 2019
1 points

Well, there must be some overlapping among certain type of disorders, diseases, disabilities, illness, etc. And that's none of my concern. Let's focus on stuttering instead. We can speak almost in ...

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commentr/StutterNov 17, 2019
3 points

Except many emotional and learning disabilities cannot be cured, whereas physical disabilities, like breaking your leg, get fixed relatively quickly. Even certain types of blindness can be cured, espe...

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commentr/StutterNov 17, 2019
0 points

I don't think emotional and mental illness are disabilities because they can be cured and I said it was only one of the characteristics. Well, they are illness. If you are blind, you will be PERMANENT...

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commentr/StutterNov 17, 2019
5 points

When you say "permanently", I think you mean "continuously". And I disagree with you on it needing to be "continuous" for it to be a disability. Emotional and mental illnesses are great examples of t...

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commentr/StutterNov 17, 2019
1 points

No. Blindness and deafness are disabilities, but stuttering is not. One important characteristic of a disability is that it is able to exist permanently. We don't always stutter or not as much, for ...

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