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commentr/StutterMay 24, 2024
15 points

It's a disorder that definitely affects quality of life, but not a disability in the legal sense (unless the stutter is very severe so that you cannot converse, then you probably might qualify)...

Social & RelationshipsIdentity & Disability
Quality of LifeMedicalization / Neurodiversity
postr/StutterMay 24, 2024
50 points

Do you consider stuttering a disability?

Do you consider stuttering a disability? I've stuttered my whole life and i never thought about it that way,i have seen a few people online talking about how they think stutters should be treated just...

Identity & DisabilitySocial & Relationships
Identity & Self-PerceptionMedicalization / NeurodiversityQuality of Life
postr/StutterMay 23, 2024
7 points

IYO, How can the variable release threshold hypothesis - significantly reduce stuttering? And result in a phase closer to early onset stuttering?

IYO, How can the variable release threshold hypothesis - significantly reduce stuttering? And result in a phase closer to early onset stuttering? Below is an explanation of the variable release thresh...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Anticipating StutteringOverthinking & MonitoringStress & Fight/Flight+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2024
2 points

When I read the comments and look at the post, disappointment is everywhere. Stuttering is both a psychological and neurological issue. Speech therapy really helps those with a physical speech impedim...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainTrauma & PsychologicalAuthenticity vs. Masking+1 more
commentr/StutterMay 23, 2024
3 points

They're both techniques that perpetuate the notion that stuttering is bad and you shouldn't do it even though we are persons who stutter. ...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / NeurodiversityAuthenticity vs. Masking
commentr/StutterMay 22, 2024
2 points

Appreciate the scientific finding posts in general. But I dont think the title of “tips to improve” is appropriate. These are not tips. These are scientific findings that may or may not have practical...

Community & SupportIdentity & Disability
Research & ResourcesMedicalization / Neurodiversity
postr/StutterMay 20, 2024
0 points

etiology

etiology some still argue and talks about adaptability and chane lf treatment while our cases show a clear neural damage i believe stuttering isn't a bad adaptability or someone who isn't teained en...

Causes & VariabilityCommunity & SupportIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainResearch & ResourcesMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2024
3 points

My wife literally just showed me some (random) infographic that grouped stuttering under an umbrella of various nuerodivergent traits. Idk - I believe it but imo once you're out of school it makes no...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2024
2 points

There's likely a correlation, but it won't be proven to be causal. Also, the idea that ''your brain works slower'' feels unproven to me. In my exp as a person w/ASD it's often the opposite. ASD is c...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2024
2 points

Stuttering is more linked to tourettes than it is to autism. I feel like if i was some autistic traits its solely because of my stuttering and those traits would be eliminated if i got better control ...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainMedicalization / NeurodiversityIdentity & Self-Perception
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2024
2 points

**Problem:** * However, I think it's very difficult to check whether stuttering behavior are due to having autism. * Example: * a person who diagnoses a stutterer for autism, might find that we have ...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Medicalization / NeurodiversityNeurological & BrainAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2024
2 points

I think stuttering and features of autism have similarities.. I argue, that specialists who diagnose people - to check whether they are autistic, might not correctly understand the stuttering disorder...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityAnticipation & Avoidance
Medicalization / NeurodiversityNeurological & BrainAvoidance & Substitution+3 more
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2024
7 points

Everyone is tripping out in here. There is comorbidity between stuttering and autism. It means there’s a correlation between the two. Have one COULD mean you could have the other but it’s not like tha...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2024
2 points

People with autism have a higher chance of stuttering, but if you stutter it doesn't mean you have autism, it's not how it works. People with Downs syndrome also have a higher chance of stuttering, bu...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2024
3 points

For people who don't know what autism is, that are reading this post. Here are the core characteristics of individuals with autism: * Social communication difficulties * Restricted activities of dail...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2024
8 points

Speech difficulties is the top symptom of Autism. But stuttering doesn't mean you have Autism. However it does put us into the neurodivergent category but that's not an academic medical terminology ye...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Medicalization / NeurodiversityNeurological & BrainAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2024
3 points

Thanks for your reply. I’m definitely thinking about it. First of all I was surprised because I haven’t stuttered on my own name in quite a while. Also I was taken off guard by both interactions as th...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & VariabilityEmotional Experience
Medicalization / NeurodiversityNeurological & BrainAnxiety & Social Judgment
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2024
7 points

I think it's BS. I know quite a few people who stutter, including myself, and none of them have any symptoms of being on the spectrum, let alone a diagnosis of autism. It's probably possible that an a...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Medicalization / NeurodiversityNeurological & Brain
commentr/StutterMay 20, 2024
8 points

People with autism can stutter due to their autism, but most in developmental stuttering autism is not the rootcause....

Identity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Medicalization / NeurodiversityNeurological & Brain
commentr/StutterMay 18, 2024
2 points

While I acknowledge your support for this young man, I take exception with your contention that stuttering is something that needs to be compensated for. It’s how he speaks; it’s his accent....

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / NeurodiversityIdentity & Self-Perception