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Fluency shaping is definitely a self-enclosing loop headed straight towards hell, but let's stop the bullshit dude. It's not stigma. Fluency is obviously the default and desirable alternative whereas ...

Fluency shaping reinforces the stigma that stuttering is bad and fluency is good. Fluency shaping does not allow for spontaneous and natural speech, which often results in speech that isn't joyful....

It's an outdated technique. Fluency shaping is outdated. It perpetuates the problems of stuttering because of its focus on fluency. Control is the problem, not the answer....

Hm. I’m not sure what type of stuttering I would have then according to your perspective. If someone stutters as a child, or develops stuttering as a teenager, or even an adult, I feel like it is a...

>The main problem that the community of stutterers are facing is the lack of knowledge of the actual problem. Instead of being sensible, “scientists” are blaming your genetics, your brain, and they...

But there are such things as “neurological stutter” and psychogenic stutter. Psychogenic stuttering is the manifestation of other issues, such as tachylalia for example. In these situations the mind...

I find it a bit misleading that people say there is a “neurological stuttering” and a non neurological stuttering. I could be wrong but I don’t think there is a difference in stuttering. Why would y...

I’ve had mine since I was like 3 or 4. My dad has one also. It’s not jsut a mindset thing lol I hate when people say that...

Your stutter likely isn’t neurological if it only manifested at 14 years old. For those of us stricken by neurological stuttering, changing our self-perception and practicing public speaking will amou...

really nice to be in such a community. But the problem we all have is that we don’t exactly know what is the root of the problem. There are no physical damage, genetics or anything like that at all. S...

Not really no. Most people sympathize with me when I stutter. Especially if I stop and say “sorry I stutter.” Everyone knows someone who does. No one ever cared, it was made up in my head because of ...

Yeah I saw somethere there was a webinar held by experts that stuttering was considered as a neurodivergence but I forgot his name sorry....

Its a hard question, because stuttering to a certain extent effects our decision making, we also suffer the same consequences as nuerodivergent individuals....

In terms of etiology, dyslexia and dysfluency have very little in common. What is your reason for asking? There’s also no standard agreed-upon definition of neurodivergence. So what definition are ...

I don't know what this book is about, but from the title it sounds like its related to meditation. Many stutterers find that meditation helps with stuttering, it relaxes the body and mind, which reduc...

My thought was that it could be a similar situation as Tourette's where it's a neuronal problem translated into the motor system. Tourette's is also a neurodivergency...

I'd say it depends. Some people have purely physical stutters, while some others like myself probably have stutters due to a known neurodivergence (autism). Others have a stutter and nothing else...

It is a disability, specially if you can prove the social and psychological problems it creates. That is how I got it recognised here in Spain anyways...

Can be stutter a neurodivergence?

Can be stutter a neurodivergence? So, I have seen in some spaces that they consider dyslexia a neurodivergency. Hence the title....

Yeah, the fact that there's treatments for OCD but not for stuttering bothers me....