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From: Saumya Panakal, SLP Grad Student
Date: 21 Oct 2008
Time: 14:45:48 -0500
Remote Name: 128.122.88.70
Dr. Srivastava, I was truly taken back by your article. I am of Indian background, and have a cousin in India who stutters. He is now 22 and has never received speech therapy and his parents have never thought about or considered it. As you stated, it is considered a "funny/puzzling" habit. Reading about your experience and your internal struggle for 46 years was very awakening. You had mentioned that stammering is not seen as a disability in India. Have you noticed that this is different in the upper class? What does your group to increase awareness and to reach out to stutterers that are suffering? Thank you for your insightful paper and your thoughts. Saumya