Breaking the Chains of Silence

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Childhood to adulthood

From: Mary S. Graduate Student-Illinois State University
Date: 15 Oct 2012
Time: 10:36:38 -0500
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Comments

Thank you so much for sharing your inspiring story. I found it so interesting to compare your childhood experiences to those experienced later in adulthood. Do you think that as a child you were less aware of your stuttering, and as a result, had no difficulties making friends and participating in school activities? I also was very interested in your experiences with a therapist who stutters as well. In my undergraduate coursework, I had a professor in Speech-Pathology who stuttered, and often did so during class lectures. This was such a great experience and I developed such a respect for my professor to get up in front of a huge lecture hall and speak. At the time, I was not as educated on stuttering and just thought, “Oh that must be tough.” However, now I realize how much of a struggle it must have really been for him to focus on his speech, while also teaching the content of the course and ensuring that his students were learning. It was not only apparent to us as students, but probably ten times as distracting to him while teaching. Can you describe some of the difficulties you had when you were teaching? Did you ever feel as though you were not teaching the content well enough because of your stuttering?


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