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From: Sandra Merlo
Date: 11 Oct 2009
Time: 11:08:19 -0500
Remote Name: 201.95.210.172
Dear Judith, 1) I don’t believe that anything outside the norm is subject to some form of ridicule. Some things are outside the norm and are even more desirable than the norm. Others things are outside the norm and are ways of contesting the norm. With regard to stuttering, I have seen that it is usually seen as a ridiculous or “funny” way of speaking. But I have also seen that sometimes stuttering is just denied, especially when it is found in intelligent and competent people. 2) I think people learn the helpless or the mastery-oriented response with the ones he/she lives. So, for example, if parents teach that stuttering is undesirable and is a threat, the child will probably learn this. But this does not mean that it needs to be always this way. The person can learn to see stuttering not as a threat but as a challenge with others people or with treatment. Regards, Sandra