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What I'm talking about directly challenges the claim that stuttering is a mental illness. I'm here to say that it's far from it. Be kind to yourself....
While stuttering and mental illness aren't mutually exclusive, stuttering is not a mental illness. I've seen your recent blitz of comments here. You have a very skewed and inaccurate perspective of st...
I hope u are right. Part of me thinks its a mental illness. It makes no sense. I stutter when talking to an AI voice but not animals. If it is a mental illness there will never be a cure...
Stuttering is a defined yet non-defined term. You have neurological, genetic and trauma stutterers. I know people who were stuttering (and some cluttering) due dementia at 90 to even 100, is that spee...
I think the 1% figure is inflated because the definition of "stutter" is so vague. Those of us in this reddit are talking about pathological stuttering, i.e. COFD. Someone with this condition, when t...
She cares about you - but her care is slightly misguided. She sees it as a problem that can be fixed, and why wouldn't a parent want that for their child. Unfortunately like many other disabilities, y...
Damn dude. How old are you? She needs to hear from other parents of stutterers and stutterers themselves. Speech therapy absolutely held me back in a similar way - it made me focus on trying to "fi...
That is a good idea, I will let you know his response. Stuttering is also a spectrum and not straight fowars as "physical" disabilites to interpret. Argueably our disorder is physical in the way we ar...
We deserve our own label and study. Not growing out of stuttering has a huge impact on our lives. They can tell kids that but telling adults seems belittling...
RESEARCH: many perceive stutterers as less intelligent due to their disfluency, however, as a group, individuals who stutter tend to be of above average intelligence
RESEARCH: many perceive stutterers as less intelligent due to their disfluency, however, as a group, individuals who stutter tend to be of above average intelligence *Source:* [*https://guardianlv.com...
We normalize glasses 👓 and hearing aids 👂… so why not stuttering? 🗣️
We normalize glasses 👓 and hearing aids 👂… so why not stuttering? 🗣️ grew up with a stutter and used to feel like it made me “less.” Over time, I’ve learned to manage it better and see it different...
It confuses me how stutterers will type a way to ‘fix’ a stutter here, when the whole point is to uplift ourselves.
It confuses me how stutterers will type a way to ‘fix’ a stutter here, when the whole point is to uplift ourselves. I’ve seen a lot of posts under this saying ways to “cure” stuttering, and themselves...
Do you think stuttering should be treated the same way we treat glasses or hearing aids?
Do you think stuttering should be treated the same way we treat glasses or hearing aids? Growing up with a stutter, I used to feel like it was something that held me back. Over time — with a lot of pr...
Enjoy this STUTTER image
Enjoy this STUTTER image This stutter image is alluding to the idea that symptoms or signals themselves are not the problem. Rather relying on the needs (that directly result in self-criticism or nega...
Are We Treating the Symptom, Not the Cause of Stuttering?
Are We Treating the Symptom, Not the Cause of Stuttering? I recently made a short video exploring a question I’ve been thinking about for a while: Are we often treating the symptoms of stuttering, ra...
Question for the SLP’s only - why can stuttering only be controlled and not fully ‘fixed’?
Question for the SLP’s only - why can stuttering only be controlled and not fully ‘fixed’? ...
How can a layperson assist with stuttering research, or make baby steps towards slowly getting into research?
How can a layperson assist with stuttering research, or make baby steps towards slowly getting into research? Asking this as a PWS myself! Stuttering is something that I feel is under-researched, an...
Nice thought I had
Nice thought I had As a student of the Bible, I’ve always identified with Exodus 4:10-12. It relays a conversation between Moses and God. After God tells Moses to return to Eqypt to take the Hebrews...
MIT Neuroscience Grad Debunks Stuttering Myth
MIT Neuroscience Grad Debunks Stuttering Myth FULL VIDEO: https://youtu.be/XT2bz7SAXTY?si=HDZ36B53mLDrzMmH The most skeptic person won’t believe a word if a random jabroni claims to have stopped stut...
We would be more accurately neurodivergent. The brain affects speech, and our brain works differently when processing thoughts to speech, that is pretty much neurodivergence; difference in brain proce...