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From: Delisa Gauthier Southern University A&M College
Date: 17 Oct 2010
Time: 08:58:00 -0500
Remote Name: 166.204.92.113
Hello, Grant I think you hit the nail on this topic. It is very interesting to see how people from around the world view stuttering. A lot of people are blindsided by the term “disability”. They believe that a disability is something that has to severely impact their daily lives, such as limited use of limbs and extremities, wheelchair bound, loss of vision, cognitive deficits, and so on. Many people are ashamed that they stutter because of the negative connotations that are accompanied with them. So as a result they rather not label themselves as having a limitation, such as how the WHO describes them. Some stutters will say “I can do everything you can do the only thing is that my words don’t come out right.” So do you find that the older or the younger population is more blindsided by the term “disability” in regards to stuttering? When talking to those people who found stuttering not to be a disability, did you happen to tell them how WHO defines disability? If so, what were their responses? Did it change their outlook on stuttering as a disability? Thank you, Delisa Gauthier, Graduate Student Southern University A&M College