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I loved The King's Speech. The stuttering is very accurate, and the viewer can feel the king's pain when he cannot express himself how he needs to. The only criticism I have is it should have included...

I was in therapy as a young child, then a few times as an teenager/adult. I've never really found therapy very helpful to be honest. The only time that I found some utility for it was my most recent t...

That's a powerful statement. You are probably accurate, because I think the writer(maybe the director?) himself was stutterer when he was a kid. ...

I was glad it had a few Oscar nominations, and even surprised it was nominated for best film. I was surprised (in a good way) that it actually won best picture too. For one of the awards it got, I th...

Indeed, they did a great job. I did not watch the movie, but I know professors and students who study stuttering watched it and they told me it was great. No wonder the movie won the most oscars this ...

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True. As you get older, it's harder to change/affect anything than when you were young. As I said earlier, this also agrees with speech researches in past decades. ...

It would annoy anybody if you finish their sentences for them. I remember one of my research professors always tried to change his sentence dramatically during speech because one of his postdoc often ...

Thank you! I find stuttering researches/therapies interesting. As far as I know, stuttering is not too unscientific (meaning there is a trend proven by science over last century). For example, speech ...

The Kings Speech

The Kings Speech Just wondering if anyone has seen The Kings Speech? I watched it a few weeks ago and thought it was very good. I thought they did a great job at it from a stutter's perspective. If a...

Therapy has helped me to a degree. I was in speech therapy from preschool to about the 5th grade that helped a lot. I went from pretty much not being able to talk and using 'um' after nearly every wor...

> it doesn't help if you finish their sentences It annoys me when people do that to me. It may take me a few seconds to get it out, but let ME get it out....

Advice for Friends of Stutterers

Advice for Friends of Stutterers ...

Advise for Friends of Stutterers

Advise for Friends of Stutterers ...

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What were you guys' experiences with speech therapies?

What were you guys' experiences with speech therapies? I'm not a stutterer myself but have a stutterer friend. I heard that they do not usually work, even if they do, they do for temporarily. How were...

sorry I forgot to add text.. : supposedly working well for children. For adults I believe it's way less effective. ...

Have you guys heard about lidcombe program?

Have you guys heard about lidcombe program? ...

Sure! I'm not really sure what kind of links or discussion could be had here, but it's worth a shot....

Cool! Thank you for making a new subreddit!...