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Thanks for the post. It's a great personal account with perspective insight. I do think someone can develop stuttering, but its pretty damn hard without some predisposition for it (usually genetic)....

I have to disagree with the premise of your post. At the root of it is the idea that stuttering is something that happens to you. However, that's not the case. Stuttering is a behavior--it is somethin...

First I want to say that you are not alone and that your feelings of anger and resentment are completely valid and understandable. My younger brother stutters, and I have watched him go through differ...

I personally don't view my stuttering as a disability. Some people have their "thing" they have to deal with. For some people that is depression, bipolar disorder, autism, cancer, cerebral palsy -- th...

Nope. Relative to the conditions commonly considered to be disabilities, stuttering is not at all one....

It's a good question. There are two perspectives to take on this: legal and personal. Legal: According to the American's with Disabilities Act (ADA) A disability is ["a physical or mental impairment ...

Is stuttering a disability?

Is stuttering a disability? Just throwing the questions out there. Thoughts?...

That depends on how you're defining "stuttering." There is "evidence of stuttering" in handwriting, playing a musical instrument and sign language, however these are generally a delay in initiation (e...

Nevermind, my advisor just got back to me and basically said dont do it, you wont be able to get around the ethical situation of using alcohol. So ive got 2 days to come up with a different proposal. ...

Read the criticism section of that wiki article. Johnson's work has been pretty thoroughly discredited along with his theory that labeling a child as a stutteter is what causes stuttering. He's respon...

Any psychiatrist knows stuttering has very little to do with anxiety. It may cause anxiety, yes, but it's most definitely not caused by anxiety. ...

Stuttering is definitely linked to self-confidence if I go by experience. The only times where I stutter now (cause I've got it mostly under control) is when a situation intimidate me in some way. So ...

Is it really stuttering?

Is it really stuttering? Recently I had this thought - I am really stuttering? I have been to some speech therapists and psychologists and I must say that the latter helped me the most. Plus I have al...

treatment vs. therapy (x-post from /r/askscience)

treatment vs. therapy (x-post from /r/askscience) We are going to establish a company in order to commercialize a stuttering treatment/therapy program. The treatment/therapy is really effective and b...

I'm right there with you -- not recovered and unsure why. (and I'm a speech pathologist with 3/4ths of a PhD in communication disorders) The scientist in me wants to know why, wants to investigate. W...

Not to be *that guy* but we've known that about 75% of preschoolers who stutter will experience unassisted recovery within approximately 12 months of onset for a while now. It was a good little popul...

I think i've seen of his videos of youtube. Judge for yourself. But everyone should know that stuttering is not curable, only controllable. ...

I don't get the point of this article. We stutter because too sensitive?...

I am still in school. I don't feel the need to request that the teacher not call on me. I sometimes ask not to present things, but not often. I think stuttering is not a disability, but you should be ...

I personally dont think this would work. I think it would out a stutter more than it would save them. On a related note, stuttering is recognized as an actual disability. ...