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From: Ken Logan
Date: 14 Oct 2010
Time: 07:29:42 -0500
Remote Name: 98.70.129.81
Another good thing to do is to "spend time with people who stutter." You may not personally know many (or any!) people who stutter, but there are many video resources available these days that allow you to, in a sense, "hang out with" people who stutter. One good example is the "Transcending Stuttering" video, which I believe is currently available on YouTube. It has vignettes from several people who stutter, and traces changes in their stuttering at different point in life. Although not everyone talks specifically about what they'd like listener's to do, there is enough information there to get a good sense of the things that help and the things that don't. There are lots of great written and video posts at this website, as well. I think what you'll see is that although there are some general "good practices" (see Ken St. Louis' post above), there also are individual differences. Another suggestion is to simply ask the person (e.g., Does it help when I ___ or would you rather than I just ___.).