commentr/StutterMarch 31, 2025

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I actually stutter myself, so I’m very much connected to the stuttering community. As an SLP, I’ve also worked with many stutterers through therapy. From my experience, most stutterers primarily want to reduce their struggle with speaking. But, I totally understand where you’re coming from. If a client wants to learn how to enhance fluency, and they don’t mind how their voice sounds as a result (many people feel like it sounds robotic), that’s fine! But I would encourage that person to consider how it may be reinforcing the notion that we should be avoiding moments of stuttering, which we know makes stuttering more severe. And, making stuttering your identity absolutely does not cause people to avoid therapy. In fact, many people learn to accept their stuttering because of therapy! And of course, the other part of therapy is learning how to stutter easier. And by the way, I totally agree with the fact that stuttering has its roots in differences in neural function/structure. I’ve never denied that 😉

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Identity & DisabilityTherapy & Professional

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Acceptance & PrideMedicalization / NeurodiversityTherapy ExperiencesPositive Therapy Techniques