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From: Erika Gergits, graduate student
Date: 20 Oct 2008
Time: 19:48:34 -0500
Remote Name: 24.179.149.213
I am a first-year graduate student in Communicative Disorders. I think it is great that you are speaking out about your experience with stuttering and trying to increase awareness for the rest of the population. I really enjoyed your viewpoints presented in your article as well. It is interesting that you put some of the blame on the “Stuttering World” because they are the people who are trying so hard to hide their problem. I never would have thought of it like that. I do agree that being open about it will probably increase awareness and acceptance. In addition, I was curious as to whether you really think that the Internet is not such a good thing for people who stutter. On one hand, I can see how it would isolate them more, like you had mentioned. On the other hand, it may help people realize that they are not alone in their problem and allow them to have a sort of support. Thanks again for the article, I enjoyed it!