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From: Ken Logan
Date: 05 Oct 2011
Time: 13:28:42 -0500
Remote Name: 128.227.124.51
I'd agree with Gary, who said it is some of "both." There is pretty good evidence now from research in the areas of genetics, neuro-imaging, speech motor control, and so forth that there are physical/physiological differences between people who do and do no stutter. What "happens" as a result of these differences is not fully understood yet, but the parts of the problem that stem directly from an underlying impairment may not always be controllable, and thus perhaps something that happens to us. There are plenty of things that a person can do to aggravate the situation however...some of the these things have discussed on other threads here(e.g., avoiding speech, expecting negative evaluations from listeners, etc.). This is the part that is very open to change.