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What about the blind or deaf? Howabout fat people? Even if there was such a thing as superior human breeding stock there will always be genetic mutations that creep in....

I'm having a child with my wife and I have a mild/moderate stutter and of course I worry about the possibility that he will inherit my stutter but that is no reason to deny me and my wife of having a ...

It seems unhealthy to exaggerate and interpret in this way. Genetics isn't simple math. And stuttering only comes into play when you need to talk. Lots of stuff can be done without that....

Indeed. The way I see is that if you have a genetic defect that affects day to day life (oral communication) I find it cruel to have children. Now, if a stutterer has a child, it isn't a 100% guarante...

I understand that you're pissed. I'm fucking pissed off also. My parents never stuttered so I cannot blame them for my stuttering. I think that stutterers shouldn't breed. If they want children then ...

Why didn't our parents take responsibility?

Why didn't our parents take responsibility? They gave birth to us. They passed on these faulty genetics to us. They should be held accountable 100%. My mother and father acted as if I NEVER had a stu...

My point is that emotional trauma is not the root of stuttering. Genetics I think is most likely required, based on available evidence. You are twisting the language to fit your viewpoint....

so it probably implies predisposition or vulnerability. Thus a trigger like a psychological trauma/shock can ruin the speech. Especially in a child when a person is not yet strong enough. ...

a quote from the link: "Despite this genetic evidence, however, Dr. Drayna cautioned that most human medical problems are a combination of genes and 'something else," such as environment or learning."...

Well my mother stuttered, and I do too. I know that is anectotal, so here is the number one google result for this, and apparently the evidence is overwhelming. http://www.stutteringhelp.org/genetic...

Stuttering is hereditary, so keep that in mind. I think anxiety can make a stutter worse, but will not cause a non-stutterer to become a stutterer....

Let me enlighten you a bit. My dad stutters and I picked up my stutter from him. We don't get a long too well and whenever I'm feeling down about life it hits me. Every single thing I don't like about...

I also read this same quote from one of my slp classes. I have not met any African Americans that stutter, instead I have met a couple of middle eastern people who do stutter. I am from the Caribbea...

Is this anecdotal? How have you noticed a lot of black people tend to stutter? Not sure if there's been any genetic research in this area. ...

Shit man, I thought the same thing up until this started. It's just bizarre and really seems like one of those things that should not be able to happen. It's already taken my tongue, now it wants to t...

This is an anecdote that still does nothing to prove that cowardice or general social meekness causes speech disfluency. There are plenty of legitimate studies being done, you should check them out....

I've been to one. Stuttering does run in my family. From my dad's side, my grandfather and 2 of his sons (out of 10 kids) stutter. My dad is not one of them. I stutter even though he doesn't. 2 of my ...

there's still a good chance they'll stutter. Also, go to a stuttering conference and see how many people stutterers are suffering. It may surprise you,...

Yeah but god forbid our potential kids have to suffer the same fate :( The idea of sentencing another human to a life of stuttering is enough to prefer a non stutterer from a strictly humane point...

I don't have a problem with my name - first name is one syllable and I always have to spell my last name. However, for thirteen years, I lived on a street with 4 syllables and a lot of Rs. That was ...