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postr/StutterOct 23, 2023
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College courses that is stutter friendly or most of the people are aware

College courses that is stutter friendly or most of the people are aware This is my 2nd time posting here and English isn't my first language so I'll try my best for you to understand. So, I'm curren...

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commentr/StutterOct 17, 2023
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Hi! I see you got great advice here already🙂 We've been through the same process, our son is now 4.5 years old and still stutter/stammer. He started overnight when he was 2.5, and next day it was r...

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commentr/StutterOct 11, 2023
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>*"neurological vs psychological"* In [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/16tqfpq/comment/k2hic7w/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) post I discuss neurological vs ...

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commentr/StutterOct 10, 2023
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No. I'm actually doing a PhD. In my experience, at higher levels of academia they are more inclusive and more understanding towards people with different abilities....

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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2023
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I’m a current SLP grad student who stutters (male). I believe people who stutter can thrive in just about any occupation but not everybody is suited to be a therapist or work in healthcare. Like what ...

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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2023
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My dh’s therapist did stutter but you couldn’t tell really. We only could tell when he left a VM and he stuttered over some numbers. Prior he was very fluent the rest of the times because he was imple...

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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2023
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It's a deeper issue connected with capitalism imo And can be applied to other (basic) health facilities, imo. Everything we do in this paradigm is ruled by making money. So they have to make money in ...

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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2023
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I have had 3 speech teachers, and only one of them stuttered. He was the one to tell my parents what was "wrong" (I was 2-3, so i dont remember) He was also the only college professor I know that has ...

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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2023
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>Stuttering isn’t curable. Maybe I made a mistake by using the word " cure ". What I meant was that SLP's know how to navigate around their stutter and use techniques to talk easy. &#x200B...

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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2023
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One thing that helped me more then regular therapy was speech therapy, cause mine also had a stutter, and made me feel less weird. Kinda always been an outcast...

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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2023
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My last speech therapist also had a stutter, which made me bond with her even more...

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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2023
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My daughter has been fortunate to have two therapists who stutter and it made a HUGE difference. Her first did not stutter nor have the ones through the school. She really connected with the two who ...

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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2023
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Hey buddy. I agree. Traditional Speech Therapist are usually not the prefer way to go for what I have encounter. There are some exceptions of course. There are even some therapist that stutter themsel...

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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2023
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Please educate yourself, the information you’re spreading can be very harmful. Stuttering is not curable unless it is caught very early and even then is dependent on many predictors of recovery....

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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2023
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100%. I didn’t take speech therapy seriously until I got a therapist who stuttered. He immediately understood all the crap I was going through and I took his advice more to heart....

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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2023
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I'm an SLP who stutters. I work in the schools tho. I wanted to work in private practice working with people who stutter for the reason you stated but life took me another way....

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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2023
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Stuttering isn’t curable. SLPs can give you strategies that help you move through stuttering moments and help with self acceptance, confidence, etc. They don’t give you a recipe to get rid of your stu...

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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2023
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As per my understanding a SLP is someone who knows how to overcome stuttering right? Isn't that what they're trying to teach the stutterer? So it shouldn't matter if the SLP was also a stutterer, be...

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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2023
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This is a sucky and close-minded thing to say. Do you think PWS can’t excel in their fields? There are many successful SLPs who are also PWS. Contrary to your stance, SLPs who stutter offer their pe...

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commentr/StutterOct 4, 2023
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I disagree, seeing a person who stutters be successful despite a stutter may be empowering to people. Granted I may be biased since I stutter and have been successfully treating others who stutter ...

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