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From: Andi Murray (NYU Masters Student in SLP)
Date: 21 Oct 2008
Time: 19:40:39 -0500
Remote Name: 69.86.229.104
Hi, I really enjoyed your article. As a PWS I know firsthand about the experiences that are lost if you let stuttering get in the way. As a child I would make excuses for why I didn’t want to do something, avoiding the idea that it was due to my fears of stuttering. In practice, do you think it would be appropriate for a parent or a clinician to bring up situations that a child avoided and ask them why? i.e. why didn’t you speak up when you felt that someone was doing wrong to you, or i.e. why didn’t you say hello to an old friend you saw on the street.? While this would "call the client out" and possible make them uncomfortable, is it appropriate in guiding the PWS/CWS in accepting their stuttering?