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From: Anita
Date: 14 Oct 2010
Time: 15:39:21 -0500
Remote Name: 217.209.3.225
Thanks for your kind words. You wrote "Stutterer's need their support networks to be just that, but they need an understanding of stuttering before they can fully play that part." Do we? And what should be first, understanding or meeting others? I was 27 before I even knew there were other people who stutter! This changed my world and the way I looked at myself. In short: don't take anything for granted. We are all different and both do, feel and want different things. That's what makes being a therapists both hard and interesting. :-) To family and friends I would say: act natural and show respect. Would you interrupt others? Fill in? Look away? If they don't know there are others, tell them. Show them the way to the nearest self help group, but don't force them. Show the way to therapy, but don't push it. Be a friend/parent. See the person behind the stutter and support the activities that makes them feel good about themselves. Life is more than stuttering, and life is so worth living, stuttering or not. I have given other people replies that might be of interest for you. Thanks for your important question. Happy ISAD!