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From: Chris Wilkerson, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
Date: 27 Apr 2010
Time: 19:09:43 -0500
Remote Name: 64.22.235.172
It is unfortunate that deviations from the norm such as cluttering produce negative attitudes. An article by Furquim (1998), stated that Brazil’s government does nothing to assist persons who stutter and a stigma is attached, which interferes with an individual’s ability to find employment or enter into college. I believe evidence suggests that negative attitudes exist toward persons who clutter. Recognition of cluttering as a fluency disorder can only help to reduce the negative attitudes. During personal communications with Dr. Bakker, he talked about people’s reaction to persons who clutter resulting in the individual being told to “slow down” their speech. This reaction indicates a negative impact is being made on the communicative interaction, which in turn can possibly result in negative attitudes toward the individual. Dr. Bakker also spoke about Yulia Filatova’s suggestion to use the most common term, “cluttering” between countries. I agree that commonality in the name for cluttering from one country to the next would aid in a convergent reference point, but during my research, when I typed in “cluttering” on an internet search engine, results for cluttering gave more information for “disorganization” and how to become organized than for the fluency disorder cluttering. For me, this is a concern. I am hopeful that with the increasing presence and membership of the ICA, recognition and acceptance will make great strides. Furquim, C. (1998). Fluency and fluency disorders lab. http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/isad/papers/claudia.html