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Date: 14 Oct 2010
Time: 15:01:02 -0500
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Hi Cassandra. Do check out my previous replies, f ex to Katie. I think the most important thing is to praise them for other things they do well. To make them feel good about themselves. To realize that stuttering is not who they are, just simply what they do, that it's only a part of them. That doing something different doesn't mean you're less cool. Maybe even the contrary. There are guys and girls who find stuttering cute. :-) Tell them they can actually DO something to change their situation. Tell the teachers what they want help with. Organize a disability day where people from different disability associations talk and show different aids etc. Make them meet others who stutter their age. I wear two badges: "Sure I stutter. What are you good at?" and "I stutter because what I have to say is worth repeating." That shows I think I'm fine which causes great reactions from the people reading it. Dedramatize stuttering! We who stutter care more then others do. But most of all: talk to people who stutter who are willing to talk about it. They have a wealth of experience. Or even better, go to meetings. And see how much fun we have. :-) Happy ISAD!