The Debilitating "D" Word

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Re: Very interesting but what next?

From: Grant Meredith
Date: 17 Oct 2010
Time: 23:46:07 -0500
Remote Name: 141.132.193.37

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Hello Panagiota, Where to next? Good question. I think being educated about commonly applied definitions of disability may help an individual on a personal level improve their self belief or acceptance both personally and with society. Also by accepting the label you are able in some countries to access resources more readily that may improve your life such as funding and subsidised programmes. These are resources that you would be legally entitled to. I think major stuttering organisations have to push the facts more about how disability and stuttering can relate and then buddy up with national and global disability movements to push for rights, funding and recognition. There has to be a unified approach though for this to happen globally. Stuttering has to start to be taken more seriously by people who stutter themselves to have any chance of attracting serious money and social attention.


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