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From: Chris Roach
Date: 10/5/02
Time: 12:02:11 PM
Remote Name: 152.163.189.98
Bernie beat me to the punch on an important question -- how old IS that picture of Steve Hood? Crossed my mind, as well.
On a serious aspect of Bernie's question about support-groups, can the panel also incorporate into its response another connection to support groups. Do you believe that support groups serve more of a positive or negative influence on stutterers who find that the more they associate with other stutterers and support group, their speech digresses to a level of more disfluency than normal, thus, more frustration, self-confidence, etc.? For those same individuals who find that the less exposure they have to other stutterers enmasse (in the support environment), the better their speech remains, therefore, they question the benefit of the support environment. Bottom line: can the support environment (being around other stutterers) become a discouragement for some stutterers? Do you find that more or less common in your practices?
Thanks.
Chris