Understanding Stuttering as a Gift

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Stuttering as a gift

From: Alison Vogelien
Date: 09 Oct 2008
Time: 14:56:23 -0500
Remote Name: 66.109.58.147

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Thank you for sharing your story. I'm so glad that you managed to take the negative feelings out of stuttering, and have come to accept it as a gift. One thing that my fluency professor tells my class is that when a client comes in and says "I stutter really badly" you should respond with "No, actually you stutter really well". Attitudes and emotions have so much more influence over PWS than I ever previously thought. Do you have any advice on how to help a client look at their stuttering in a positive way instead of a negative way?

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