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“Ignorant”, IMO, implies intent. Also, most SLP’s with advanced degrees are also unfamiliar with the debilitating social anxiety aspect of dysfluency. I certainly wouldn’t expect lay people to und...

I’m going to look into the logistics of whether the teacher is able to let a student opt out of speaking without some sort of accommodation plan, because I like this as a support from a therapeutic st...

Did you know that in several African countries, stuttering is blamed on witchcraft? Either the stutterer is a witch or he's been cursed by a witch. Witchcraft is still a thing in Africa. Being a witch...

People in this channel always act like because they are someone who stutters, they are the end all be all authority on what stuttering is, why it occurs and everything in between. We know our own expe...

and dont get me wrong its not like a disease that your tounge gains conciousness and wants to kill you, its a mental thing, we cant do anything about it, there is little research on it and it doesnt m...

Yea, I think it's hard for non-stutterers to grasp or wrap their heads around the concept of not being able say words on command and also why we're not able to articulate them. They will immediately a...

I’m with you there, I seem to notice a lot of people that talk to me about stutterers they know are often people who aren’t necessarily stutterers. Not saying they’re all lying in the slightest but I ...

I think most people get stuttering confused with childhood stuttering which is common. Permanent long term stuttering may not be as common. I absolutely hate it when people say they know how it is to ...

It's rare. I don't know who said it's common or where you get that from. Maybe fluent people say that stuttering is common but they're not really talking about the speech disorder known as stuttering ...

Stuttering isnt a disability unless you literally stutter on every single word you say...

Ok you need to do more research because that is NOT what it is. And slowing down doesn’t work for everyone as it doesn’t work for me. It is a NEUROLOGICAL disorder. The science definition is involunta...

Will you please tell us more about the project? Is it going to be free for people who stutter and paid for clinicians? What stuttering therapies are going to be focused on, especially with current r...

Happy it could resonate with you! Actually, my speech therapist is a graduate student so I work close with them and the university during my counseling. We’re discussing having me come in some time ...

That’s articulation disorders, and as you noted, it’s a completely different issue. Unfortunately, many SLP’s haven’t been taught that, so they incorrectly teach techniques meant to help with artic ...

By the way, I didn’t know there are other types of stuttering. I know there are “kinda physical “ where you can’t pronounce sound right- that’s something different...

What’s your opinion on brain neuroplasticity?

What’s your opinion on brain neuroplasticity? With regards to retraining your brain to not stammer?...

Lets talk about the hit topic " Accept stuttering"

Lets talk about the hit topic " Accept stuttering" Most of people agree that stuttering should be accepted. Why? In general, Because it seems positive idea, accepting something has been glorifying eve...

Purge yourself of mental junk!

Purge yourself of mental junk! We all have a lot of mental junk in our heads because of stuttering! -We keep tabs on how much we are stuttering on any given day -We keep track of much we have stutt...

My take on medication--always consult your doctor

My take on medication--always consult your doctor Disclaimer: there are other medications you can take to treat stuttering that are not mentioned in this post. Everyone’s brain chemistry is different,...

What is it that you dont understand? The comment you replied to pointed out that that stuttering research isnt mainstream (as in large scale or famous) because stuttering is a relatively rare and not ...