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So, as a person that stutters and is a speech therapist, I get really frustrated with the discourse about ‘disability’. People that stutter DO NOT like to be considered disabled. I view disorders in t...

We, as in people that are disfluent, are protected by the ADA under discrimination. We aren’t necessarily disabled. Big difference....

42 year old with the five words that I found post cancer treatment for thyroid cancer having had a lifelong stutter. My degree in in drama such was the chip on my shoulder about the stutter. No regret...

Hi, I completely agree with your perspective. I believe no one is born with a stutter—it’s something that develops over time. It’s also not a speech defect because our articulation is perfectly fine. ...

The term ‘non-debatable’ doesn’t apply in science. The research you shared isn’t conclusive. As I said earlier, we need multiple studies with larger sample sizes in a meta-analysis before considering ...

There is no research to suggest that stuttering is a learned behaviour. That is simply reductionistic....

I tend to believe it can be "overcome" in a way and I know people who used to stutter a lot as a child and are not perceived as stutterers anymore. But I focus here on "perceived as stutterers", becau...

Yes that is because the techniques don't work. You are unable to provide the thing that the people who see you want. So you brainwash them to believe that the thing they want isn't important. We are f...

So you agree, and the researchers agree, that fluency modifying techniques are inadequate for people who stutter. Thanks for clarifying. Nobody said anything about a cure. Is there a cure for diabete...

I have finally after a year of battling it and with the help of chatgpt to understand better, I simply came to an understanding based on facts that no brain was designed to stutter, its mainly behavio...

The research shows that there are currently no adequate stuttering modifying techniques, and that is the basis of the pivot in the field to acceptance rather than fluency modifying techniques. Accepta...

I don't think you really read what I wrote, nor do I think you understand how the idea of acceptance is a vicious cycle. It's almost like a virus in the stuttering community that spreads and propagate...

I actually stutter myself, so I’m very much connected to the stuttering community. As an SLP, I’ve also worked with many stutterers through therapy. From my experience, most stutterers primarily want ...

“Many stutterers experience significant struggle when speaking, which leads to the most common misconception about stuttering therapy: that speech therapists should help clients eliminate stuttering e...

Good piece. The only comment I have is >when a therapist says “it’s okay to stutter,” they are really emphasizing that easy stuttering, without tension, is a perfectly acceptable way to communicate....

O maior erro é achar que ela tem base psicológica apenas por ser variável, mas ignorar que o mesmo tipo de variação de intensidade acontece até na doença de Parkinson. Faça uma busca no Google com os ...

i’m autistic and i have a stutter, i relate to what you said ...

I have a stutter and also autism - anyone else the same?

I have a stutter and also autism - anyone else the same? One of my biggest passions (due to autism) is learning foreign languages but my stutter is much worse when I try speaking anything other than E...

I appreciate you! I believe all forms of neurodiversity run in a channel, so no surprise that you feel like autism and stuttering are one and the same. And, all neurodivergent people have a tendency t...

Hello Joe! First of all I really appreciate what you're doing since we really don't have enough studies in this field. I am autistic and a stutterer. I face a lot of communication challenges every da...