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From: David Shapiro
Date: 19 Oct 2007
Time: 08:08:27 -0500
Remote Name: 152.30.155.38
Hello Temitope, You are asking a good question. However tempting it may be to think that we do know the cause or causes of stuttering, in fact we do not. Indeed research in many allied disciplines is ongoing and is addressing that very question. Nevertheless, one of my own interests is to investigate the assumptions and practices of nontraditional, or indigenous, healers. What fascinates me, both with traditional and nontraditional approaches, is the link between the assumptions held about stuttering and its causes and the related methods of intervention. You might find the following links of interest: http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad5/papers/moussa.html (Moussa Dao), http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad/papers/kathard.html (Harsha Kathard), http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad9/papers/emerging9/africa9.html (ISAD 2006 Online Conference). I would be very interested if you might provide me with additional papers that address the assumptions and practices related to stuttering in Nigeria and other African nations. My email address is shapiro@email.wcu.edu. Thank you in advance. David Shapiro