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From: Kevin Eldridge
Date: 22 Oct 2012
Time: 08:35:24 -0500
Remote Name: 67.165.187.114
Alas... this is the problem with posting in such a forum. For I was not trying to be contentious. In fact, I was trying to say that I agree with what Ellen-Marie was saying :) She stated: "The harder part for some of us is to recognize we are not different or "special" just because we sometimes stutter forcefully after years of thinking that we were because that is what we occasionally do. But looking at the years and years of research data that indicate we are not fundamentally different from people who do not have stuttering problems should encourage us to live as though we are not, which will help us live fuller, brighter lives." In my haste to answer as many posts as possible, I may have incorrectly called this "self-acceptance". Which I believe is a good thing. Since I read Ellen-Marie's post as dealing with self-acceptance, I was merely pointing out that I agreed this is an important goal - a key to my own "recovery" I might add, but hope it is someday not needed.