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From: Kara
Date: 19 Oct 2008
Time: 14:21:54 -0500
Remote Name: 68.14.90.110
I really enjoyed reading this paper and couldn't agree with you more. I recently met an individual who stutters. At the initial introduction he let me know right up front that he stutters rather than trying to hide it. He was open and put it right out there. Instead of making things uncomfortable, the opposite happened. Knowing that stuttering is a kind of disability, like any other disability, I was more than happy to make any adjustments I needed to. The only accommodation I really needed to make was having a little more patience to allow him the opportunity to say what they he was trying to say. It made the conversation a lot easier from the start. The more exposure to stuttering for that other 99% of the population, the more acceptance and awareness will follow. Great paper, thanks!