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From: Anita
Date: 16 Oct 2011
Time: 06:02:12 -0500
Remote Name: 90.231.254.247
Hi Julie! Thanks for your interest in stuttering. I wish there were more SLPs like you! It's great to her you were at the FRIENDS conference. I so much wish to go there and talk to them! I am proud of you getting involved in activities of pws and even hosting a support group. And yes, I can imagine it might be hard to speak to PWS and wonder if you say the right thing. But the if you say things because you care, you are in a safe place. :-) Knowledge on stuttering comes from books, but even more from being out there. Listen and learn from us, as you might be the expert on treatment, we're the experts on our own stutter. And be open to try new things and multi approaches. When I met my husband he knew nothing about stuttering. He fell in love with me and all that was included. I might even be harder for him now, as, because my stutter and my life has changed, the more strength I got, my personality changed as well. I'm not the person he married. But still, after 24 years, he loves me for who I am and accepts that pws come second place, after my family. The same goes for my daughter. They will have to accept I'm away a lot, I'm all over the media, they had to learn to speak to pws on the phone etc. My daughter has been with me since she was ten days old, and she is now a children camp leader. :-) So yes, a supportive family is THE key. And of course friends as well. Inside and outside the stuttering community. Thanks for your thoughtful question. Happy ISAD! Anita