I developed a stutter at the age of four and this speech impediment was to plague my life for the next eighteen years. I often felt quite isolated during 
this period of my life as it seemed as if I was the only one in my area and the only person in my school who had a stutter.
In reality the only people that would ever truly be able to understand what I was going through, having to live life in this way, would be other people that had a stutter. I therefore had nobody to talk to as I did not know of any other people who had this form of speech impediment.
A child who is bullied at school for being overweight is likely to have a other people in their school who are also obese who they can therefore talk to about their problems. Similarly a child who is picked on because they wear glasses will probably have numerous other people in the school who also wear glasses who they can speak with. But for me I was the only one in my school that had a stutter, I was very much alone and felt extremely isolated because of it.
As for the treatments and therapies for stuttering, perhaps we should not go there. Let’s just go as far as to say that I was asked to attend speech therapy sessions run by speech therapists that had never had a stutter! Says it all really doesn’t it?
I had to attend therapy classes which were run by people who had no idea what it is like to have a stutter and people who believed that there is not a known cure for stuttering. Well that was just tops! What hope did I have?
Thirteen years ago I successfully eradicated the stutter from my speech and I am now pleased to announce that I am a fully fledged member of the fluency club!
Other good sites for information on stuttering:
Slow To Speak Quick To Stutter Deep Thoughts
So what’s your excuse for not using the gifts God has given you? Know that what society perceives as weakness…God sees as a strength. I may still stutter on occasion, but that won’t stop me from opening my big mouth.
Today Is A Glorious Day For Stuttering People
As a child, Biden stuttered and was teased by his classmates and even by some of his teachers. But that didn’t stop him.
A Stutter More Easily’ Approach
A Stutter More Easily’ Approach focuses on techniques that help a person change the way they speak and reduce negative emotions associated with stammering.
“To achieve fluency is far from easy and anybody who is looking for some sort of magic potion or magic pill that they merely swallow to enable them to “stop stuttering” will be left disappointed.
Is There A Book To Help You Learn How To Stop Stuttering?
In other words, he has learned how to stop stuttering. So, well, you really do can stop stuttering if you really wanted to, right? Well, he did but how? Is there a book guide that can help people stop from stuttering?
Learn how to stop stuttering with the help from this book guide
stuttering can start when the brain says you can’t do this, you can’t do that. you began to lose your self-confidence. with this in mind, it’s not always true that medications are the only things that can help people to stop stuttering.
Steve Hill is a speech coach from Birmingham, he has a number of websites including:
stuttering therapies
stuttering
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September 26th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
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