The D word: What people who stutter can learn from the disability community

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Fear of the D Word

From: Sheryl-SJU
Date: 03 Oct 2012
Time: 22:47:44 -0500
Remote Name: 184.152.61.141

Comments

It would make interactions easier if people accepted and realized the difficulties of people who stutter. However, a person who does not want the stutter to become an identity may feel that the term “disability” boxes him or her into a label. If stuttering is viewed as a disability, do you think that someone who stutters would be more likely to not acknowledge the stutter in order to prevent stuttering becoming a central part of one’s life? In other words, do you think that terming stuttering as a disability may make some people who stutter less likely to acknowledge difficulties that are due to the stutter?


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