My thoughts and advice on stuttering - from an ex-stutterer

[mojoe]

Originally Posted by amey

Unfortunately, stuttering is one of the only disabilities that the person is actually blamed for the disorder. Do we say to people with either Epilepsy, or Tourettes Syndrome, "It is with in YOU to CHANGE this"?? -- What this information says to people who stutter, is that they are not trying hard enough. That it is ultimately thier fault.-- This thinking is ARCHAIC.--- Science shows that there ARE neurological differences between stutterers and non. Genetic studies HAVE been done and HAVE located a specific gene for families with large amounts of stutterers.---Go visit the NSA website or the NSF site. All the information is there.- - - -I am happy that you are doing well, Fegy.- - - We have all had "fluent" periods in our lives. It comes and goes in Severity. That is one of the great mysteries of stuttering.--Most stutterers have done everything possilbe to stop. Unless neuro surgery of some sort is done, we will continue to be stutterers. And that is o.k.

I agree 100%.