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Date: 18 Oct 2007
Time: 01:33:45 -0500
Remote Name: 75.74.131.143
Margaret wrote: First, when you were in the middle of a stuttering moment, did you find yourself exhibiting any secondary behaviors?And second, do you feel that your positive attitude towards your stuttering shaped your listeners' attitudes towards your stuttering? Margaret, I did not exhibit concomitant behaviors. Concomitant behaviors are often thought of as ineffective attempts to get out of a moment of stuttering. I knew very well what fluency strategies would be worth trying, so it would have been unlikely for me to develop concomitant behaviors. I have found that acceptance and a positive attitude toward a number of conditions helps one's listeners toward acceptance. I also educated my listeners about stuttering, which probably helped their acceptance. BH