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Nowadays I just position myself as a disabled person, with problem speaking. I stopped comparing myself with all the able speakers and I gotta say, I become more kind to myself acknowledging I am disa...

Let me just say one more thing: I’m sure you agree that diversity makes the world a better place. Racial diversity, cultural diversity, and yes, verbal diversity (a term coined by the experts at stutt...

Absolutely, and I think we are seeing the early stages of stuttering being considered neurodivergence. Since stuttering is in fact a neurological condition that results in differences in the way we co...

Sure, “disfluency” might be recognized by the FDA as something that needs attention. But, that doesn’t mean stuttering at its core is wrong. If you stutter with no negative feelings or physical tensio...

If “they” haven’t yet, stuttering will be under the umbrella of neurodivergence before too long....

How many of Us in the StutterThread are males? How many have red hair? Disorder-state of confusion I placed word “medical” in the definition because (medically) Disfluency is an issue that needs atte...

Certainly, even though it’s still not fully understood why stuttering occurs. We do know that its base is in neurological function and structure. I’m not exactly sure what you mean by a medical state ...

Joe, And by the way, as you’re a healthcare professional…CEU’s might benefit you and your profession for a better understanding on exactly what causes disfluency. Stuttering is not a Disease, it’s ...

So, at its core, stuttering is just a different way to communicate, as long as there’s no struggle involved. Again, that’s the goal....

Hey pixel boots, I’ll reiterate what I said to you in another comment. The reason SLPs (at least the ones that know how to treat stuttering effectively) want clients to accept their stuttering as a di...

>desensitizing the client to stuttering and then taking control of the stutter Ultimately, the blocks will subside Some people like to use fluency enhancing techniques While not a "cure" per se i...

If you feel your stutter is a different way of communicating, I'm not trying to tell you you need to be cured. I'm saying that I do not consider my stutter a difference. I consider my stutter a probl...

Please be aware that everyone who speaks occasionally has repetitions, and within lay society, stutter is used to refer to speech bumps without any emotions attached to the bumps. It’s not an attempt...

Haha, that's what I suspected, the word doesn't seem to mean a clinical condition to everyone. I've used speech disorder sometimes but wasn't sure if it was "ok". I think I'll def use speech impairmen...

What is there to “cure” about people who just communicate differently? Why can’t society transition to a place where we accept people for however they wish to communicate? Finding a “cure” implies tha...

Why is it the stutterer or autistic person’s fault that other people can’t accept them for their differences? Isn’t the point of the article that, as a society, we should be encouraging people to embr...

Well, you are certainly entitled to your opinion. The fact is, there’s no “cure” for stuttering since It’s not a disease. Some stutterers may not realize it, but you can actually say anything you want...

I'm inclined to disagree that stuttering is not something that we should aim to cure. If some folks don't want a cure for themselves I have no problem with that of course. But I don't think the "it's ...

Try using speech disorder or speech impairment to get the point across. Stutter is used too casually in society to describe all sort of things, like a TV or video 'stuttering' or fluent people saying ...

There’s no doubt that both autism and stuttering are life changing disabilities. However, I would challenge you to look at it from a new perspective. Many people find an identity in autism and stutter...