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Re: Thanks for Sharing

From: Harry Dhillon
Date: 20 Oct 2010
Time: 04:27:24 -0500
Remote Name: 163.166.8.12

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Hi Amanda. Thank you so much for your support. To answer you question - " I wanted to ask you if you had any information or education on stuttering when you realized you did stutter? Did any of that help you along your journey or was it all in your drive and determination?" I'm afraid not. There was no information from the school and I don't think a framework existed in the education system for highlighting stuttering in those days. I remember I did go to the doctors for a cold one day, and said I have a stutter, and he said that I would grow out of it. I must have been about 14-15 at the time. I grew up in a decade the world was very different to what it is today (even in the UK) - the TV only had 3 channels, and things like computers didn't exist. Of course, the mobile phone, internet, and SKY revolution were in science-fiction territory. Today, we are all so lucky that we can communicate with anyone we want at any time of the day, in any number of ways. We can make friends all over the world with the click of a mouse, and of course, we can get any information we need. Stutterers no longer need to suffer alone. All sorts of mechanisms exists for gelling us together - world conferences, stuttering open-days, chat groups, forums etc. The hardest part seems to be getting enough stutterers to take part in these activistes and engage with others. That way, everyone benefits. I myself have been very guilty of hiding in the wilderness, and not being part of the stuttering scene. But I'm coming out of my shell, and going to try my bestest to highlight the disability. To promote it, to advertise it, and to show the world that we have a lot to give, and a lot to share. Take care. Harry


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