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From: Brynn Rhodes
Date: 10/13/03
Time: 8:11:19 PM
Remote Name: 67.50.234.190
Mr. Cross, Thank you for an interesting article. I learned some valuable insights about the benefits of assessing and shaping fluidity versus taking a categorical approach to stuttering treatment. I've been thinking about your view of the nature of stuttering and carrying this thought to its end. Maybe I'm way off-base here and not understanding your framework (I am just a lowly grad student), so I will ask a question, if I may. If stuttering is a natural response pattern to an intermittent and involuntary disruption in speech as you described then do you believe a medication will one day be developed to even out the disruptions? Your article reminded me of the way behaviors in, say, ADHD or Tourette's syndrome are sometimes viewed. I don't claim to be a doctor, but I understand that the behaviors associated with these conditions and others are often aggravated (or at least affected) by physiological state, emotions, negative self-talk, etc. For some people meds are quite helpful. I'd appreciate hearing your thoughts on this. I apologize if I'm totally misunderstanding your theories.