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commentr/StutterApr 30, 2024
5 points

Baldness is not a big deal, yet it gets lots of resources to be "cured." And being bald has less of an impact on person than a stutter does in the long term....

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterApr 29, 2024
7 points

Not in comparison to something like ALS. All those things are bad, I'm not downplaying that - but to compare it to serious disease, which medical research is rightfully focused on, is not a strong po...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Medicalization / NeurodiversitySeverity & Fluctuation
postr/StutterApr 29, 2024
14 points

Tips to improve stuttering from the research: "Advances in understanding stuttering as a disorder of language encoding" (2024)

Tips to improve stuttering from the research: "Advances in understanding stuttering as a disorder of language encoding" (2024) This is my attempt to summarize [this ](https://www.annualreviews.org/con...

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Neurological & BrainPropositionality & WeightResearch & Resources+1 more
commentr/StutterApr 29, 2024
18 points

Because it's something wrong with the brain, you could say the same thing about any brain disorder like autism, schizophrenia, psychosy, adhd, add, etc. Also, since it's a tiny minority of humans tha...

Identity & DisabilityCauses & Variability
Medicalization / NeurodiversityNeurological & Brain
commentr/StutterApr 29, 2024
13 points

Because - to be blunt - it's not a serious issue. Speech dysfluency 100% sucks and can have outsized impacts on your life as someone who stutters (my stutter was severe for a number of years and I s...

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Medicalization / NeurodiversitySeverity & Fluctuation
postr/StutterApr 29, 2024
28 points

Why is stuttering not taken seriously?

Why is stuttering not taken seriously? I had a really bad stutter since I was a kid and still have it till now. I keep searching every once in a while and can’t find anything useful. I can’t actually ...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / NeurodiversityStigma & Bullying
commentr/StutterApr 27, 2024
1 points

You're not stuttering shit. those 99 percent of people also stutter but unconsciously and without pain. What you have is a mental illness. The first rule: you don't have to overcome “stuttering”...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterApr 27, 2024
8 points

You don't have to overcome your stutter. It's a neuro-physiological disorder....

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Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterApr 26, 2024
1 points

I mean I appreciate the sentiment but this is dumb. No one wants to stutter or be proud of it. Never heard of someone who stutters say that they are proud of it lol...

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Acceptance & PrideMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterApr 25, 2024
2 points

How u assuming I ain’t got no blocks. I been had blocks since my teenage years up until now. Shits cooked. But ain’t no way we are classified as disabled. Ain’t no way...

Speech & StutteringIdentity & Disability
Blocks & StoppagesMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterApr 25, 2024
2 points

Fantastic comment! Indeed, you make some excellent points! I would absolutely love to read your comments regarding the research posts. I believe that the wording in my research posts contain jargon ...

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commentr/StutterApr 25, 2024
5 points

Stuttering isn't a disease but a disability and disabilities can't be cures. Well most of the time...

Identity & DisabilitySchool & Work
Medicalization / NeurodiversityAccess & Rights
commentr/StutterApr 25, 2024
5 points

Imo, I’m okay with not having a cure and I think that there is a fair amount of research regarding stammering. Since stammering can be considered a disability and/or impairment, I believe that wanting...

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commentr/StutterApr 25, 2024
20 points

Its complicated. But what's more appalling is that its 2024 and we as a specie cannot work together. I don't what the end goal of an individual life/society/humans is, but if we want people to functio...

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Medicalization / NeurodiversityStigma & BullyingAccess & Rights+2 more
postr/StutterApr 24, 2024
34 points

It’s 2024 and..

It’s 2024 and.. It’s 2024 and still no cure. We have reusable rockets that can land themselves. Why so little research into find a cure for stuttering? ...

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Research & ResourcesMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterApr 24, 2024
1 points

From the dozens studies I've read, it seems that research has indeed found differences in white and grey matter (also known as structural neurological differences). However, it seems that research stu...

Causes & VariabilityIdentity & Disability
Neurological & BrainMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterApr 24, 2024
3 points

Many [research summaries ](https://new.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/15dltbl/megacollection_tips_to_improve_stuttering_from/)that I wrote indicate that there are white/grey matter differences between ...

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Neurological & BrainMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterApr 22, 2024
2 points

Stuttering is still an enigma. There are as many causes as there are, members of our little club. I even think we each stutter a little differently. It’s like we aren’t worth the effort of research. W...

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Neurological & BrainMedicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterApr 22, 2024
-4 points

>I'm not going to speak for wheelchair users because I am not one, And that was my original point. The one that I object to. Stutterers trying to compare themselves to more serious disabilities....

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity
commentr/StutterApr 22, 2024
7 points

I'm not going to speak for wheelchair users because I am not one, but I think it's probably true that every disability has ebbs and flows to some extent. It's not a black and white comparison between ...

Identity & Disability
Medicalization / Neurodiversity