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Stuttering is a disability and severe stuttering can be a severe disability. Bad vision and bad hearing can also be disabilities but eye glasses and hearing aids often ameliorate the negative effects...

I’m not sure, and haven’t seen anything stating what stutter is indefinitely. That said, in the United States, Veterans Affairs views stuttering as a mental disorder....

I think it's amazing you're a PWS and also a SLP. I've thought about doing that but the self doubt always creeps in. What has your experience been like? With college or finding employment?...

i have no idea. as i’ve stated, my stutter was disregarded and the speech therapists gave up on me, so i have no idea. honestly, i had no idea there were even different types....

Do you know what kind of stutter you have? Neurogenic, psychological, developmental?...

There was a great episode of StutterTalk (podcast) where they discussed the two. They were actually talking about the potential of using medication to treat stuttering, because there have been some ca...

>I strongly suggest to stop thinking about your articulators. If they can sometimes move correctly, then they are not the problem and focusing on them will make them not move. > >. I agr...

I do as well to be honest, but traditional stammer has been used more in the UK, probably because of how much American culture has been imported over the years....

I live in the UK and I say stutter. Stammer sounds too clinical...

They’re the same - stammer is used more outside of the USA....

Dude nobody gives a shit that you stutter. I guarantee it. Be proud that you did the presentation. This was a win....

I began stuttering around 22 years old. You’re sure you aren’t cluttering? It’s different....

As a stutterer, this is just wrong. Watch videos of him from 10-30 years ago. The man was sharp. Mentally. He knew where he was, and the CONTENT of his words followed a cohesive thought process. Now, ...

I wasn't really refering to his forgeting of words or changing of words and sentences. I was refering to his awkward body movements(not facial).His forgeting that a person was deceased. Statements of ...

Stuttering may effect his fluency but stuttering doesn't make you forget things. The guy is old and is suffering from some sort of early onset dementia. Suggesting stuttering is the cause of all his i...

For simplicity and clarity, I’ll adopt two terms: First of all “normal stuttering”– to refer to the occasional moments that everyone experiences where our planned words don’t or won’t come out at the ...

Is stuttering a curse or a blessing? What is your viewpoint in your experience?

Is stuttering a curse or a blessing? What is your viewpoint in your experience? The problem of suggesting that stuttering can be a blessing is, that the mainstream PWS uses this chance to reinforce ju...

Autism is a spectrum, everyone does NOT act the same. In severe cases, the person does not speak and they "stim" a lot, such as rocking back and forth and/or making noises. They also act younger than ...

Thank you for your detailed response! I really don’t think I share any of the autistic features that you stated. I’m personally just a really quiet person at first. It takes a lot for me to open up an...

I agree. I also wrote below a message about this. Even the psychologist who diagnoses people for autism, doesn't know what a stutterer is thinking. For example, if a stutterer feels that he cannot say...