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From: Andy Floyd
Date: 06 Oct 2008
Time: 13:08:32 -0500
Remote Name: 204.227.11.18
Hi guys - as everyone is saying, the article was awesome. It got me thinking to my own experiences as a client (I'm currently an SLP who is also a PWS). When I was in my late teens, I really needed someone who understood what it was like to stutter. I wouldn't have gone to therapy again unless the SLP had some experience with what I was going through. That was then - thinking back on it, I don't think I necessarily needed an SLP who stutters, but I did need someone who was knowledgeable about what it's like to be a covert PWS - who was aware of all the tricks I was using to avoid stuttering. That's what most people need, I think - an SLP who knows stuttering be they a PWS or not.