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Date: 26 Apr 2010
Time: 14:40:37 -0500
Remote Name: 208.54.15.236
Hi. Great questions. These questions are actually for a professional in the field to answer technically, but I will give the parent definitions. The biggest difference between stuttering and cluttering is that a PWS knows what he wants to say, but has a hard time saying it. A PWC has their thoughts mixed up in their head, thus can not convey it verbally or written. I havent researched stuttering and really dont know much about it diagnostically. Some underlying issues of cluttering could be stuttering, aspergers, ADD, physical limitations, communication problems (low vocal volume, limited oral motor movements, articulatory discoordination and/or imprecision as rate, length of utterance, or coarticulatory demands), etc. As per the SLP who diag'd my son, his conclusion is - he has a speech disorder and a fluency disorder. These problems are further exasperated by various underlying linguistic and cognitive disturbances.